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Dar es Salaam: Where BRT Won’t Be Enough

July 23, 2020

DART, the BRT system of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is proving to be transformative. Though just one phase of 6 planned phases is operational, those 21km (13 miles) are crowded daily with passengers. But if the city is going to continue to rely on BRT as its only rapid-transit solution, it will quickly run into the mode’s limits.

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