Cities are investing in less costly bus rapid transit over light rail systems, says Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic.

After years of community input, Metro is unveiling the new name and design of its Bus Rapid Transit system: Metro Rapid. Metro's team showed off one of its demo buses at Union Terminal on Wednesday.

GoTriangle's new CEO Brian Smith says regional bus rapid transit could be a critical part of the region's future, but it will be important for the cities to prove the systems work well first. Why it ...