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Pictures: Rapid transit vehicles similar to Sprint

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Graeme Brown-BP

17:22, 29 JUL 2014
Updated08:30, 30 JUL 2014

Bus-rapid transit vehicles used in Barcelona1 of 6
An artist impression of a new light transport system in Seattle2 of 6
Rapid transit buses used in Metz, France3 of 6
Bus-rapid transit vehicles in use in Gothenburg4 of 6
A similar light transport system working on a bendy bus theory in Las Vegas5 of 6
A French rapid transit vehicle is similar to those proposed for Sprint6 of 6

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