Bus Rapid Transit in Chicago

An interesting article about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) being studied in Chicago; benefits, requirements (streets being considered must have (or create) a bike lane).

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on November 20, 2013 at 5:35am

I still haven't seen anything about needing to acquire a fleet of buses with left side doors and how the driver would handle fares unless the driver's position is switched to the right.

What's the secondhand market for Dennis Darts like?

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on November 20, 2013 at 9:20am

That helps, but what about the left-door buses?

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on November 20, 2013 at 10:02am

What about them? The project cost includes the cost of buying a new fleet with left door buses.

Tricolor said:

That helps, but what about the left-door buses?

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on November 20, 2013 at 10:55am

I didn't see anything on the site about needing to buy a dedicated fleet. Where was the budget linked?

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on November 20, 2013 at 12:31pm

Okay, I found a sentence mentioning new vehicles and an estimate of 24 needed on the route at peak times. I'm curious about where the buses will come from and how much they're expected to cost. I like transit stuff. And cars, trucks, trains and boats for that matter.