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Estimating a rail passenger trip origin-destination matrix using automatic data collection systems

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Private sector participation in urban transport infrastructure provision

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What we do
We support the successful deployment of BRT, through the identification and effective communication of the conditions necessary for success at the strategic, tactical and operational decision levels.
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Access the most updated and complete database about BRT infrastructure, demand and operations.

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Check the list of papers that summarize our research in the Strategic, Tactical and Operational dimensions of BRT.

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Learn about Courses, Webinars, Workshops and other educational material from our Centre.

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Priority infrastructure for minibus-taxis: An analytical model of potential benefits and impacts

  • Lourens de Beer and Christo Venter
  • Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering

Mixing the formal with the informal in shared right-of-way systems: A simulation-based case study in Tshwane, South Africa

  • Simeon Johannes du Preez and Christoffel Venter
  • Case Studies on Transport Policy

Technology choices in public transport planning: Aclassification framework

  • Paul Basnak, Ricardo Giesen, Juan Carlos Muñoz
  • Research in Transportation Economics

Behavioural response of paratransit to formal public transport in hybrid systems

  • Johan W. Joubert, Christoffel J. Venter
  • Procedia Computer Science

Estimation and prediction of dynamic matrix travel on a public transport corridor using historical data and real-time information

  • Felipe Zúñiga, Juan Carlos Muñoz; Ricardo Giesen
  • Public Transport

Aces technologies and public transport operations and control

  • Juan Carlos Munoz, Ricardo Giesen, Felipe Delgado, Omar Ibarra-Rojas
  • Handbook of Public Transport Research

New Publication: Bus Transport – Demand, Economics, Contracting, and Policy

Frequency Optimization Models for Reducing Overcrowding Discomfort

  • Kinshuk Agrawal, Hemant K. Suman, Nomesh B. Bolia
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Vehicle routing problem with steep roads

  • Carlos Brunner, Ricardo Giesen, Mathias A. Klapp, Luz Flórez-Calderóna
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Impact of COVID-19 on the number of days working from home and commuting travel: A cross-cultural comparison between Australia, South America and South Africa

  • Camila Balbontin, David A Hensher, Matthew J Beck, Ricardo Giesen, Paul Basnak, Jose Agustin Vallejo-Borda, Christoffel Venter
  • Journal of Transport Geography

Designing integrated urban delivery systems using public transport

  • Irecis Azcuy, Niels Agatz, Ricardo Giesen
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Using Twitter to Infer User Satisfaction With Public Transport: The Case of Santiago, Chile

  • José Tomás Méndez, Hans Löbel, Denis Parra, Juan Carlos Herrera (2019)
  • IEEE Access

Flexible long range planning using low cost information

  • Ortúzar J. de D. and Willumsen L.G. (1991)
  • Transportation, Volume 18, Number 2, 1991, Pages 151-173

Private sector participation in urban transport infrastructure provision

  • Zegras C. (2006)
  • in Sustainable Transport: A Sourcebook for Developing Cities. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn.

Estimating a rail passenger trip origin-destination matrix using automatic data collection systems

  • Zhao J., Rahbee A., and Wilson N.H.M. (2007)
  • Computer-Aided Civil And Infraestructure Engineering, Volume 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 376–387

Identifying transit driver preferences for work shift structures: econometric analysis

  • Miranda F., Muñoz J.C. and Ortúzar J. de D. (2008)
  • Transportation Science, Volume 42, 2008, Pages 70-86
Global BRT Data
BRTdata.org is a website developed by EMBARQ and our Centre of Excellence, which includes information about bus rapid transit (BRT) systems, buses with a high level of service (BHLS) as well as improved bus corridors.
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Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit development, implemented since 2010 in Santiago, Chile, by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

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