Conference Proceeding
Modern trolleybuses on bus rapid transit: Key for electrification of public transportation
Author
Diez, Andrés Emiro
Bohórquez, Armando
Velandia, Edder
Roa, Luis Fernando
Restrepo, Mauricio
Institutions
Abstract
This paper presents the enormous advantages of applying modern trolleybuses on Bus Rapid Transit systems - BRT-, to ease the electrification of public transportation with all the consequences that this implies: reduction of energy consumption, substitution of fossil fuels, improvement of air quality on cities and travel experience. As a case of study the hypothetical consequences of the electrification of Transmilenio, one of the largest BRT in the world, are presented. ©2010 IEEE.