城市轨道系统与BRT系统的比较及在长沙的展望

本文简要介绍了快速公交系统的特点和在巴西库里蒂巴市的使用情况，并从投资成苓、运营成本、规划建设、载客能力、速度和灵活性、能耗等几个方面对城市轨道交通系统和快速公交系统进行比较分析,最后结合长沙市交通现状和长株潭城市群的发展前景,提出了轨道交通系统和快速公交系统结合的公共交通模式。

A Comparative Study between Urban Rail Transit and BRT and Their Prospects in Changsha

This article briefly presents the Bus Rapid Transit and its usage in Curitiba, Brazil, and makes analysis between Urban Rail Transit and BRT in terms of investment, operation and cost, planning and construction, passenger capacity, velocity, flexibility and energy consumption, then considering the circumstance of Changsha transportation and the perspective of the city group involved Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, and giving a URT-BRT mode to Changsha＇s transportation.