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Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground.
Si definisce Bus rapid transit (BRT) o autobus a transito rapido un sistema di trasporto di massa che utilizza la tecnologia degli autobus che viaggiano su corsie preferenziali apposite con lo scopo di aumentare la rapidità del trasporto su gomma tradizionale raggiungendo prestazioni assimilabili a quelle di una metropolitana classica.
The International Association of Public Transport (L'Union Internationale des Transports Publics, or UITP) defines metro systems as urban passenger transport systems, "operated on their own right of way and segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic".
Bus Rapid Transit is a mode of mass rapid transit (MRT) and describes a high-capacity urban public-transit system with its own right of way, vehicles at short headways, platform-level boarding, and preticketing.
The history of rapid transit began in London with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, which is now part of the London Underground, in 1863. By World War I , electric underground railways were being used in Athens , Berlin , Boston , Buenos Aires , Budapest , Glasgow , Hamburg , Istanbul , Liverpool , New York City , Paris , and ...
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California in the United States. It consists of six lines: four light rail lines (the A, C, E and K lines) and two rapid transit (known locally as a subway) lines (the B and D lines), serving a total of 101 stations.
2 giorni fa · Rapid transit, system of railways, usually electric, that is used for local transit in a metropolitan area. A rapid transit line may run underground (subway), above street level (elevated transit line), or at street level.
