Mobilien, oui

Bus rapid transit in Paris 2

Here's a video from Streetblogs about Mobilien, the excellent bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Paris that launched in 2004:

In implementing the system, Paris eliminated a great deal of street parking. Quel horror!

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. Delay And Deny's avatar

    Delay And Deny Posted 10:01 am
    01 Oct 2008

    Bon Marche!It's cheap too.
    You can build tens of BRTs for the price of one overburdened limited range "Light Rail" fiasco.

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  2. Matt G Posted 1:41 am
    02 Oct 2008

    cheap?Well, cheap if you use existing roads.  BRT systems are far from cheap if you consider them as a whole.  They require far more vehicles and therefore far more drivers (which is where much of the expense comes in).  They require diesel (ok, or biodiesel - but that's another debate), tires, and far more maintenance.  Then, for it to be anything better than a bus, they need to have their own right-of-way.  In this case they use space that used to be parking (a nice trick), but in general roads are more expensive than rail.

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