Bus rapid transit has been criticized, including arguments that light or heavy rail would better fit corridors, higher operating costs than rail, environmental impact, and some BRT systems not meeting
S79 SBS bus at Staten Island Mall. The Select Bus Service (SBS) system is sometimes criticized for not meeting the ITDP BRT Standard due to lack of ticket machines and level boarding.
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy is an American non-governmental non-profit organization that focuses on developing bus rapid transit systems, promoting biking, walking, and non
Criticism of bus rapid transit
…sometimes described by transit critics as BRT "lite", are viewed as incremental improvements to conventional bus service rather than "full" BRT. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has published the BRT Standard in an attempt to improve consistency in terminology. Due to BRT sharing many characteristics with traditional bus transit…
A Transjakarta bus serving Corridor 2 (Pulo Gadung–Monumen Nasional)
A modernized cycle rickshaw in Vrindavan, India