SESSION 3A - ‘Talking Transit 3’ - Planning and Design of Feeder Services and Short Routes

1. ‘Talking Transit 3’ - Planning and Design
of Feeder Services and Short Routes
Salvador Herrera, Deputy Director, EMBARQ Mexico

2. CTS EMBARQ México
‘Talking Transit 3’ - Planning and
Design of Feeder Services and
Short Routes
10:00 am to 11:30 am
SESSION 3A
Salvador Herrera Montes – April 2013

3. Feeder services in the BRT system
Feeder services integrate at terminals and intermediate
stations to multiple types of trunk services
Source: BRT Planning Guide
2007
Filename/RPS Number

4. Feeder services in the BRT system
Most BRT systems
in Latin America
have designed
their services to
the concept
"trunk - feeder"
Filename/RPS Number Source: BRT Planning Guide
2007

5. Balancing the needs

6. Quality Service
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7. Feeder services in the BRT system
The feeder routes are responsible for transporting
passengers from the suburbs to the interchanges, which
makes the transfer to the articulated buses or other
higher-capacity buses, which pass from these
exchangers, for special lanes .

8. Feeder services in the BRT system
The feeder routes serving in inner-cities and mainly low-
income people
Areas in the periphery lack of adequate road
infrastructure
Feeder routes are operated by smaller buses (40 – 100
passengers wich allow them to operated under physical
constrains (narrow streets and less spaces for maneuvers)

9. Feeder services in the BRT system
Infrastructure is needed to allow the scheme
“trunk – Feeder” functioning

10. Feeder services in the BRT system
Technology is needed to allow the scheme
“trunk – Feeder” functioning

11. Feeder services in the BRT system
Some International experience
TRUNK – FEEDER SYSTEMS

12. BRASIL – RIT – the original & service specific
The Integrated Transport Network - Curitiba
First system (BRT) implemented in the world
The network also covers the city of Curitiba, other neighboring
municipalities of the Metropolitan Region
CORRIDORS 6
FLEET 2160 AUTOBUSES
SYSTEM FARE ELECTRONIC

13. BRASIL – RIT
Type of Service
Fast lines (Expresso Biarticulated)
Quick Direct lines (Ligeirao Blue)
Lines between neighborhoods
(Interbairros)
Direct lines.
Feeder lines (Feeder)
Servicio prestado con buses Circular lines downtown (Centro
articulados o padrones Circular)
Conventional lines (Conventional)
Interhospital (Interhospitais) Tourist Line
(Linha tourism)

14. ECUADOR – METROVIA - Compact
Metrovía System - Guayaquil
Second System (BRT) built in Ecuador
CORRIDORS 3
FLEET Fases I, II, III 225 AUTOBUSES
FARE SYSTEM ELECTRONIC

15. ECUADOR – METROVIA
Type of Service
current services
feeder routes
16 routes
110 Buses
RUTAS EN NA ZONA DE ALIMENTACION

16. COLOMBIA – TRANSMILENIO – Complex and large operations
TransMilenio System
System (BRT) higher capacity
The network also covers the city of Bogota and is the structural
axis of the Integrated Public Transport City
CORRIDORS 9
FLEET Fases I, II, III 2200 AUTOBUSES
FARE SYSTEM ELECTRONIC TICS

17. COLOMBIA – TRANSMILENIO
Type of Service
current services
express services
Super Express Services
feeder routes
96 routes
575 Buses
RUTAS EN NA ZONA DE ALIMENTACION

18. MEXICO – MACROBUS – Integrated to Metro
Macrobús System - Guadalajara
Third System (BRT) built in Mexico
It is one of the modes of public transport in the city works and
attends some municipalities Metrpolitana Zone
CORRIDORS 1
FLEET 148 AUTOBUSES
FARE SYSTEM ELECTRONIC

19. MEXICO – MACROBUS
Type of Service
trunks
feeders:
15 feeder routes
103 buses

20. PERU – METROPOLITANO – Super express services
Sistema Metropolitano - Lima
Primer Sistema (BRT) construido en Peru
Es uno de los modos de transporte público que funciona en la
ciudad
CORRIDORS 1
FLEET 600 AUTOBUSES
FARE SYSTEM ELECTRONIC

21. PERU – METROPOLITANO
Type of Service
current services
express services
Super Express Services
feeder routes
23 routes
600 Buses

22. Balancing the needs

23. Thank you
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