Kent Thameside shows that BRT can be the Fastrack solution to better transport

With light rail funding feeling the squeeze, many local authorities have been persuaded to scrap plans for costly tram systems and look at bus-based rapid transit instead. In Kent they have made a success of BRT with Fastrack, a system that is already aiding regeneration of the area around Dartford and Gravesend

Bus-based Rapid Transit has become something of a buzz-word in the transport industry in recent years, in part thanks to the reluctance on the part of central government to fund light rail alternatives. As a result many local authorities are jumping on the BRT bandwagon in an effort to create transport networks that will deliver significant modal shift.

But BRT can not only help achieve this important aim, it can be a significant aid to regeneration, just as Transport for London plans with its...

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