City Life

Key Facts

—The system. Rio’s BRT is a network of dedicated bus corridors, and its newest, Transbrasil, runs about twenty-six kilometres along Avenida Brasil.

—The new piece. In March, the city opened a metropolitan terminal at Irajá that links the neighbouring Baixada Fluminense to the corridor.

—The saving. The Transbrasil corridor is designed to cut travel times along the route by up to half.