Unclogging Streets

Interesting discussion from  citiscope.org

BUENOS AIRES

How Buenos Aires unclogged its most iconic street

Avenida 9 de Julio used to have 20 lanes of traffic. A new bus rapid transit system now occupies four of those lanes — and signals a new way of thinking about urban mobility in the Argentine capital.

By Marcela Valente / March 3, 2014

Topics:

Bus Rapid Transit, Mobility

Lessons and new directions as bus rapid transit turns 40

Walter Hook, CEO of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, tells Citiscope where the BRT movement has been and where it's going.

By Christopher Swope / March 5, 2014

Photos: There’s more than BRT along Avenida 9 de Julio

New bus rapid transit lanes are just one part of the new thinking about urban mobility in Bu