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Public Transportation Infrastructure Study >>What is PTIS? The Public Transportation Infrastructure Study is helping Fresno County find
better ways to travel in the next 50 years – ways that will help reduce traffic congestion, slash harmful vehicle emissions and reduce urban sprawl. For detailed information on the PTIS go to www.fasttrackfresnocounty.com. To ask questions about the study email us at: info@fasttrackfresnocounty.com
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December 2009, issue 1
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): BRTs
are sleek, modern vehicles that look more like a train than a bus. BRT
stations are also modern, cool, and comfortable. As the BRT vehice
rolls up to the station's boarding platform, all three double doors of
the sixty-foot vehicle open simultaneously to allow fast boarding. BRTs travel a defined route in designated lanes created for them so the vehicle can travel the route as quickly as possible. Stops are infrequent and swift. Interested?
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