BRT means giving right of way to buses and safeguarding cyclists and pedestrians by encouraging lane driving on engineered road spaces along large and wide corridors and link them to metros and other main roads for easy access. Besides giving priority to buses, the system also provides dedicated lanes for pedestrian and non-motorized vehicles like cycles and rickshaws etc.
The Delhi Bus Rapid Transit System is a bus rapid transit being introduced in Delhi. A city in which buses cater to sixty percent of the city's transportation needs. Together with Delhi Metro and soon to be introduced Delhi Monorailand Delhi Light Rail, it will be part of an integrated multi-modal transport system. Introduction of bus rapid transit was sped up in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Like other bus-rapid transit systems, Delhi BRT aims to make public transport more convenient. Delhi BRT is not grade-separated: the buses run at the same level as normal traffic and share the same traffic signals.
In the last decade, a number of flyovers and underpasses were built to increase the mobility of commuters. With the city’s buoyant economy, cars replaced buses on the roads and cyclists switched to motorcycles. Pedestrians became marginalized by increased numbers of vehicles on the road which also increased the pollution level, journey time and fuel consumption.
In 2002, Supreme Court issued an order to convert all diesel buses to compressed natural gas (CNG) to reduce air pollution. However, in less than a decade, the gains from the CNG program were lost: by August 2008, the average total suspended particulate (TSP) level in Delhi was 378 micrograms per cubic meter — approximately five times the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual average standard[1]. It is estimated that over 3000 metric tons of air pollutants are emitted in Delhi.
The red colored buses are air-conditioned, while the green colored buses are not air-conditioned.
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