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Across Latitudes and Cultures - Bus Rapid Transit (ALC-BRT) is a Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit development implemented in Santiago, Chile, and financed by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF).

This CoE was established in May of 2010 and is working as a consortium of five institutions that include Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Technical University of Lisbon, The University of Sydney and EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport, including its network of centers of sustainable transport.

Latest Publications

Filipe, L. and Macário, R. (2013)

A first glimpse on policy packaging for implementation of BRT projects

Research in Transportation Economics 39, 150 - 157.

Hidalgo, D. and Gutierrez, L. (2013)

BRT and BHLS around the world: Explosive growth, large positive impacts and many issues outstanding

Research in Transportation Economics 39, 8 – 13.

Hensher, D., Mulley, C. and Smith, N. (2013)

Towards a simplified performance-linked value for money model as a reference point for bus contract payments

Research in Transportation Economics 39, 232 - 238.

Muñoz, J.C., Cortés, C., Giesen, R., Sáez, D., Delgado, F., Valencia, F., Cipriano, A. (2013)

Comparison of Dynamic Control Strategies for Transit Operations

Transportation Research 28C, 101 - 113.

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