No longer flavour of the month, SA rethinks its bus rapid transit systems

No longer flavour of the month, SA rethinks its bus rapid transit systems: It seems government’s love affair with bus rapid transit (BRT) systems has cooled. Courted in the Brazilian city of Curutiba – it is difficult to find a local government transport executive who has not been there on a study tour – and sworn to fidelity in the pressure cooker years before the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, once ardent fervour has now turned to discontent.