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How a world-class transit line works - in Los Angeles!

March 25, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
BRT, busrapidtransit, community, globalwarming, losangeles, orangeline, publictransportation, smartgrowth

Clarence Eckerson, Jr. has produced a terrific little film on a highly successful BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) line in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.  Writing for Streetfilms.org, Eckerson introduces the film: "Who would have thought that one of the...continued

Bus rapid transit: c'est la bonne vie!

October 3, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
BRT, busrapidtransit, cities, lemobilien, paris, publictransportation, streetfilms

  "Bus rapid transit" sounds like an oxymoron, especially to US residents.  But that needn't be the case, as this great little film on the system in Paris demonstrates:     Filmmaker Elizabeth Press of the Livable Streets network and...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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