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Title:

Bus Rapid Transit Project: La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Accession Number:

01591798

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Several Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) were developed in Latin America during the last decade, showing the growth, maturation and evolution of this high-quality bus based public service. The BRT presented in this paper is located in the National Highway 3 (RN3), in La Matanza city, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The corridor has about 11 km of segregated lanes, including extensions in mixed traffic as well. Argentina has other BRT lines already circulating through the country, all of them have had great acceptance and have been successfully developed in different corridors. Each existing system has its own distinctive elements, but this is the first "full" Bus Rapid Transit project in terms of BRT Standards, which makes it the most ambitious project so far. This paper presents the guidelines and criteria followed for functional and physical design of La Matanza's BRT, projected with trunk-feeder structure, off board fare collection and segregated right-of-way infrastructure in the Province of Buenos Aires. The restructuring methodology of the existing system into a trunk-feeder will be treated, combined with local and express services in order to provide greater connectivity and accessibility both in La Matanza and with regard to the Capital Federal. Finally, aspects related to the architecture and infrastructure of the new system are described, taking into consideration local and socio-demographic urban conditions. At the end and as a conclusion, social benefits associated to the project will be addressed, in order to show the convenience of its construction and implementation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Standing Committee on Bus Transit Systems.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-6167

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Blas, Frédéric
Cantarella, Javier
Frajmowicz, Silvina
Graziani, Alejandro
Schallibaum, Carolina
Agosta, Roberto

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-6167

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 6:43PM