Cameron on Transportation
CTfastrak Recently Named Best U.S. Bus Service of Its Type — and the State Plans to Copy it in More Cities
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Did you know that Connecticut is home to the “best BRT” system in the U.S.? Do you even know what BRT is? Well, BRT stands for Bus Rapid Transit, and Connecticut’s almost 10 year-old CTfastrak has just been named the best such system in the U.S. by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. CTfastrak is the express bus system between New Britain and downtown Hartford, operating on a dedicated “guideway” of 9.4 miles which runs along an abandoned railroad right-of-way adjacent to the New Haven to Springfield Hartford rail Line. It’s a special buses-only highway with 10 stations.