List of bus rapid transit systems in North America

Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems are designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system. There are a number of BRT systems in North America, with some of their technical details listed below.

The tables below are incomplete. Mouse-over column titles to see expansions of the abbreviations, or see the notes below.

¹ Ded.: Dedicated right-of-way
² Excl. hwy: Exclusive highway lanes
³ Excl. street: Exclusive on-street lanes
⁴ Excl. part: Part-time exclusive lanes
⁵ Bypass: No exclusive lanes but heavy intersection bypass lanes
⁶ Shoulder: Buses can use bus bypass shoulders in congestion
⁷ HOV: High-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lanes can be used
⁸ Ltd. stop: System includes limited stop/express routes (includes conventional bus lines)
⁹ Pre-pay: Payment is made before boarding

Region	System	Right-of-way							Priority features			Stations					Notes
Region	System	Busway¹	Median²	Bus Lanes³	Bypass²	Timed Lanes⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV Lanes⁷	Ltd. Stops⁸	TSP⁹	Bus signals⁹	Regular¹⁰	Curbside¹¹	Median¹²	Station¹³	POP¹⁴	Notes
Brampton, Ontario	Züm		See note											See note			Five routes. Median busways and stations owned by Viva Rapid Transit
Calgary, Alberta	MAX (Calgary)
Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario	Durham Region Transit Pulse
Gatineau, Quebec	Rapibus
Kelowna, British Columbia	97X Kelowna RapidBus
Laval, Quebec	Société de transport de Laval
London, Ontario	LTC Rapid Transit																Under construction until 2027-2028.
Longueuil, Quebec	Réseau de transport de Longueuil
Mississauga, Ontario	Mississauga Transitway
Montreal, Quebec	Montreal bus rapid transit
Ottawa, Ontario	Transitway (Ottawa)
Vancouver, British Columbia	RapidBus (TransLink)
Waterloo Region, Ontario	Grand River Transit ION Bus
Waterloo Region, Ontario	Grand River Transit iXpress
Winnipeg, Manitoba	Winnipeg RT
Regional Municipality of York, Ontario	Viva Rapid Transit

Region/system	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/system	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Guatemala City: Transmetro

Region/system	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/system	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
León: Optibús
Mexico City: Metrobús											two-part Phase I under construction; Phase II planned
Guadalajara: Macrobús											two-part Phase I under construction; Phase II planned
Monterrey: Ecovía and Transmetro											two-part Phase I under construction; Phase II planned
Puebla: Red Urbana de Transporte Articulado (RUTA)											two-part Phase I under construction
Tijuana: Sistema Integral de Transporte de Tijuana (SITT)
Acapulco: Acabús
Oaxaca City: Citybús
Queretaro City: Qrobús
State of Mexico: Mexibús
Pachuca: Tuzobús
Ciudad Juárez: BravoBús
Chihuahua City: Bowí
Mérida: IE-TRAM

Alabama
Region/System	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/System	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Birmingham: Birmingham Xpress											East and West have no dedicated lanes but priority, In-Town-Transit section has dedicated bus lanes and priority

California
Region/system	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/system	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin: Tri-Valley Rapid											The Rapid has two routes, is operated by Wheels, and provides all day 15 minute service to core cities/areas of the Tri-Valley.
Los Angeles: El Monte Busway											HOV 3+ lane on freeway and on separate right of way, has three rail-like stations.
Los Angeles: Metro G Line											Busway in old railroad corridor with at-grade crossings.
Los Angeles: Harbor Transitway											Innermost lanes on freeway – HOV 2+, have rail-like stations and portions of route separate from freeway running elevated, and on-street bus lanes in Downtown Los Angeles used by Harbor Transitway routes.
Los Angeles: Metro Rapid											Only exclusive lanes are a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) section of Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles.
Oakland, San Leandro: Tempo											Includes NextBus dynamic message signs, dedicated lanes and median platforms between 20th Street and San Leandro.
Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond: AC Transit Rapid Bus 72R											Includes NextBus dynamic message signs.
San Bernardino: sbX - Green Line											Dedicated lanes from Baseline (Just north of Downtown) to Hospitality Lane.
San Diego: MTS Rapid											MTS Rapid lines including Park Boulevard Busway for Mid-City Rapid and two dedicated center-of-freeway bus stations within I-15 at El Cajon Blvd and University Avenue.
San Francisco: Geary BRT and Van Ness BRT											Upgrades existing bus lines with dedicated on-street lanes for portions of the routes. Traffic signal priority is already deployed in the system.
San Francisco, San Rafael, Novato, and Sonoma County: Golden Gate Transit Route 101^[1]											Route operates as a complement to local Route 80. Operates effective June 15, 2009 as a weekday-only service, and it will use the HOV lanes along U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County between San Francisco and Santa Rosa.
San Jose: VTA: Rapid 522											Route 522 parallels existing Route 22 in most sections. Upgrades include limited stops, low floor fleet, and signal priority along El Camino Real.
Stockton: San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD)											BRT Express service operates five routes along key corridors throughout Stockton with transfers at the Downtown Transit Center.

List of bus rapid transit systems in North America

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See also

Notes

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Illinois
Region/system	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/system	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Chicago: McCormick Place Busway											Dedicated route between downtown and McCormick Place Convention Center along the side of active railroad for the use of charter buses for conventions. Planned expansion of BRT around the city that will include dedicated rights-of-way, traffic light priority, and limited stops.^{[citation needed]}
Chicago: Jeffery Jump (J14)											Limited stop/express service between South Chicago and the Loop (downtown). First implementation of BRT/"BRT lite" as a prototype for later projects such as Loop Link (below).^[3]
Chicago: Loop Link											Dedicated lanes along Madison and Washington in the Loop (downtown) For multiple routes, including the J14 BRT service. Uses stations with raised platforms and slated to include prepaid boarding in the future. Opened for service on 20 December 2015.^[4]
Suburban Chicago: Pace I-90 Express											On-highway express bus between Rosemont and Elgin. Features "flex lanes" and train station-like stops.
Suburban Chicago: Pace Pulse											Milwaukee Line operating since August 2019, Dempster Line since August 2023. The Milwaukee Line runs on Milwaukee Avenue from Jefferson Park Transit Center to Golf Mill Shopping Center. Meanwhile, the Dempster Line runs from O'Hare Transfer station to Davis station (CTA) and or Evanston Davis Street (Metra) via Dempster Street, also stopping in Des Plaines.

Texas
Region/system	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/system	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Austin: CapMetro Rapid											MetroRapid began service in 2014, with 89 stations combined for Routes 801&803, with new stations being added in late 2018. Has dedicated bus lanes through downtown.
Dallas: DART
El Paso: Sun Metro Brio											8.6 mile Mesa Corridor began operating in Fall of 2014, 14.5 mile Alameda Corridor is under construction and expected to open by Fall 2018, 10.2 Dyer Corridor is under construction and expected to open by December 2018, 16.8 mile Montana Corridor is in the design phase and expected to open by early 2020.
Houston: (HOV system)											reversible HOV lanes in 6 corridors with direct ramps to park-and-ride lots, transit centers and Downtown streets. Frequent express bus service using dedicated fleet.
Houston: METRORapid Silver Line
San Antonio: VIA Primo											VIA Primo began service in 2012, As of 2019 it has 3 routes 100, 102, and 103.
Abilene: CityLink
Amarillo:Amarillo Public Transit
Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority
McAllen: Metro McAllen
Brownsville: Brownsville Metro
Port Arthur: Port Arthur Transit
Wichita Falls: Falls Ride

Washington
Region/system	Rights-of-way							Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Region/system	Ded.¹	Excl. hwy²	Excl. street³	Excl. part⁴	Bypass⁵	Shoulder⁶	HOV⁷	Ltd. stop⁸	Traffic light priority	Pre- pay⁹	Notes
Seattle: SODO Busway											1.5 mile surface busway connecting in from the south to Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
Seattle: Sound Transit Express											Extensive HOV lane running with dedicated center-of-freeway bus stations at Mountlake Terrace Freeway Station, Yarrow Point Freeway Station, Evergreen Point Freeway Station, Rainier Station. Dedicated bus flyovers from freeway to transit center (or freeway integrated transit centers) at Federal Way, Bellevue, Lynnwood, Ash Way, Totem Lake, Eastgate, Mercer Island, Montlake, South Everett. Business Access-Transit lanes along most of SR-522 Seattle to Bothell.
Snohomish County: Swift											Shadowed by local route 101; connection to RapidRide E Line
Vancouver: The Vine											The 6-mile-long (9.7 km) line runs from downtown Vancouver to the Vancouver Mall, serving 34 stations primarily on Fourth Plain Boulevard. It opened on January 8, 2017, becoming the first bus rapid transit system in the Portland metropolitan area.
Bellingham: WTA Go Lines											15 minute service is offered during most of the day, every weekday. On some of the Go Lines, frequent service consists of a combination of several routes that run on the same corridor.
King County: RapidRide											The network consists of seven routes totaling 76 miles that carried riders on approximately 64,860 trips on an average weekday in 2016, comprising about 17 percent of King County Metro's total daily ridership. Headways are 5–10 minutes during peak hours and 7-15 min during non-peak hours. RapidRide Lines A, B, C, D, E, F, H
Spokane: City Line											The 6-mile-long (9.7 km) route, Runs from Spokane's Browne's Addition neighborhood, through Downtown Spokane and the University District, before ending at the Spokane Community College campus in the Chief Garry Park neighborhood.