Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Bus Rapid Transit

This project seeks to implement a pilot BRT system in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that will be the first stage of 100Km trunk system that will be the first and most extensive BRT system in Africa. Secondly, the project seeks to implement the first fully developed NMT feeder system as an integral part of the planned 12Km pilot BRT system in Cartagena, Colombia. Finally, the project team, which includes BRT experts primarily from Brazil, Colombia and the US, will document the BRT planning process in a BRT planning guide so that others wishing to develop BRT projects on their own will not have to rely on international consultants. The guide will also outline a basic methodology for quantifying projected GHG and other emissions. This project is aimed at promoting south-south partnerships on sustainable transportation. In this case, the Tanzanian team will benefit from the extensive experience in Latin America e particularly in Colombia.