Editing Bus rapid transit (section)

== Terminology ==
Bus rapid transit is a mode of [[rapid transit|mass rapid transit]] (MRT)<ref name=":4">[https://www.itdp.org/2003/12/01/sustainable-transport-a-sourcebook-for-developing-cities/#Module-3a-Mass-Transit-Options By Lloyd Wright and Karl Fjellstrom], Published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Retrieved 2022-10-10, impact of vertical alignment on cost see chapter 4.1 table 5</ref> and describes a high-capacity urban public-transit system with its own [[right-of-way (transportation)|right of way]], vehicles at short [[headway]]s, platform-level boarding, and preticketing.<ref name="itdp20140724"/>

The expression "BRT" is mainly used in the Americas and China; in India, it is called "BRTS" (BRT System); in Europe it is often called a "busway" or a "BHLS" (stands for ''Bus with a High Level of Service'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Buses with a High Level of Service |url=https://www.uitp.org/projects/bhls/ |website=UITP}}</ref> The term [[transitway]] was originated in 1981 with the opening of the [[OC Transpo]] [[Transitway (Ottawa)|transitway]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada.

Critics{{who|date=November 2021}} have charged that the term "bus rapid transit" has sometimes been misapplied to systems that lack most or all the essential features which differentiate it from conventional bus services. The term "[[bus rapid transit creep]]" has been used to describe severely degraded levels of bus service which fall far short of the [[BRT Standard]] promoted by the [[Institute for Transportation and Development Policy]] (ITDP) and other organizations.