PESHAWAR BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) POLICY, PERFORMANCE, AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Urban transport in Pakistan, unlike developed countries, was not planned at all and public transport services operate as a disintegrated mode of the travel including motorcycle rickshaws, constitute an additional burden often creating traffic jams particularly along roadsides causing?a severe air pollution. But then?again, the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) or “Zu Peshawar” as it is known locally was launched with much promise: It was to be transformative in that it would transform urban mobility for KP’s capital.