Implementation Phases

Infrastructure

23 km BRT corridor from Tianhe Lijiao to Xia Yuan
26 median-aligned BRT stations
Stations feature level boarding and alighting and pre-board fare collection
Split stations serving each direction
No transfer terminals required
Strengthened pavement at stations
Passenger access to the BRT stations will be by 3 existing tunnels, 3 new metro tunnels, 9 at-grade pedestrian crossings, 3 existing pedestrian bridges, and 20 new pedestrian bridges
Continuous bicycle lanes along the BRT corridor
Real-time passenger information and other amenities at BRT stations
Free transfer on the same platform at all BRT stations
Direct metro connection via tunnel at 3 BRT stations (Shipai Qiao, Gangding, and Chebei)

Operations (Communications Commission is currently revising the operational plan)

22 BRT routes (33 - 50 - 139 - 178 - 210 - 214 - 224 - 235 - 240 - 242 - 248 - 269 - 289 - 296 - 515 - 549 - 560 - 561 - 568 - 570 - 571 - 883)
Some routes will have new 18m BRT buses, others existing 12m buses depending on route length and frequency
Either distance-based or flat fare. Fare levels to be no higher than current fares, depending on a final decision by the Price Bureau
Non-BRT routes are not allowed to operate inside the BRT corridor
System control centre to provide real-time monitoring and control
10 non-BRT routes slightly modified to remove part of the route from the BRT corridor.

Vehicles (Communications Commission is currently revising the BRT vehicle plan)

18m buses have 4 right-side doors and operate both inside and outside BRT corridor.
12m buses have 2 right-side doors and operate both inside and outside BRT corridor
18m BRT vehicles have 150 person capacity, 12m vehicles have 85 person capacity
18m BRT vehicles have a conductor at the last door, allowing boarding at the first and last door outside the corridor, and alighting outside the corridor at the 2 middle doors. (Inside the corridor boarding and alighting take place at all doors)
If distance based fare is selected: Fare verification upon exit of BRT buses outside the BRT corridor. Fare verification upon entry and exit of BRT stations inside the BRT corridor.

Demand and service features

Peak one-directional passenger flow of more than 23,000 passengers per hour, during the morning peak at Tianhe Gongyuan. This peak flow corresponds with a BRT bus flow of around 230 buses/hr
BRT operational speed of 25km/hr
Peak period trip along the corridor which currently takes 100 minutes will be completed in 55 minutes, a time saving of 45 minutes along the full corridor
Total passenger boardings of more than 350,000 each day inside BRT stations,
650,000 passenger trips per day using BRT buses inside the BRT corridor
Significant positive impact on mixed traffic along the BRT corridor
Largest morning peak passenger boarding at 羊城花园 (3360/hr), 棠下 (3320), 天河公园 (3000) and 车陂 (2980). Largest morning peak passenger alighting at 体育中心 (3910/hr), 石牌 (2790), 师大暨大 (2580) and 岗顶 (2400)
Largest evening peak passenger boarding at 体育中心 (3360/hr), 师大暨大 (3090), 岗顶 (2720), and 石牌 (2490). Largest evening peak passenger alighting at 棠下 (3090/hr), 师大暨大 (2540), 天河公园 (2480), 羊城花园 (2180), 体育中心 (2170) and 东圃 (2020).

Regulation (Communications Commission is currently revising the BRT regulatory plan)

Bus operators are paid per bus-kilometre
Bus operators to bid for operating rights, with preferential points allocated to existing operators in the corridor
A BRT company under the authority of the city government is recommended to plan and control the system.