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Bain R (2002), “Kerb Guided Bus: Is This Affordable LRT?”, Traffic Engineering and Control, 43(2), 51-55

Cain A, Darido D, Baltes M,  Rodriguez P, Barrios J (2006) “Applicability of Bogotá’s TransMilenio BRT System to the United States” Report for the United States Federal Transit Administration

Daugherty G, Balcombe R (1999) “Leeds guided busway study” Research Report 410, Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne, Berkshire England

Frieberg L (2000)  “Innovative Solutions for Public Transport; Curitiba, Brazil” in Pink A (ed) Sustainable Development International IDG: London 153-156 

General Accounting Office (2001) “Mass Transit: Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise” Report to Congressional Requesters, General Accounting Office Report 01-984
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01984.pdf

Goodman J, Laube M, Schwenk J, (2006a) “Issues in Bus Rapid Transit” Report for the United States Federal Transit Administration

Goodman J, Laube M, Schwenk J, (2006b) “Issues in Bus Rapid Transit” Poverty & The Environment, Winter 75-76.

Hidalgo-Guerrero D (2004) "TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit System Expansion 2002-2005"  Procedings of CODATU (Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World) XI, Bucharest Romania

Hidalgo-Guerrero D (2008) “Bus Rapid Transit Around the World” International Seminar-cum-Workshop on "BRT Systems in India and Abroad" 24 to 26 September 2008, Visakhapatnam, India

Hook W (2005)  “Institutional and Regulatory Options for Bus Rapid Transit in Developing Countries: Lessons from International Experience Transportation Research Record 1939, 184-191

IEA (2002) Bus Systems for the Future: Achieving Sustainable Transport WorldWide IEA/OECD: Paris

Levinson H, Zimmerman S, Clinger J, Rutherford S, Smith R, Cracknell J, Soberman R (2003) “Bus Rapid Transit Volume 1: Case Studies in Bus Rapid Transit” Transportation Research Board Transit Cooperative Research Programme Report 90

Menckhoff G  (2005) “Latin American Experience with bus rapid transit” Gerhard
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Rabinovitch J (1992) “Curitiba: towards sustainable urban development” Environment and Urbanization 4(2) 62-73.

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Sandoval E, Hidalgo-Guerrero D (2004), “TransMilenio: A High Capacity - Low Cost Bus Rapid Transit System Developed for Bogotá, Colombia” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit, Alexandria, Virginia April 14-18:  37-49.

Wright L, Hook W  (2007) Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide Institute for Transportation and Development Policy: New York

 

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