Intermediate Capacity Transit Study

What is ICT?

Intermediate Capacity Transit, or ICT for short, describes a wide range of transit technologies and services that offer higher passenger-carrying capacity and greater reliability than buses operating in mixed traffic. ICT is not necessarily new or experimental; it includes transit services that are familiar to most people here and in cities around the world.

Examples of ICT include:

• Bus Rapid Transit - buses that move quickly and reliably because of improvements such as transit-only lands or technology that gives buses a green light at intersections.
• Streetcars and Trams - electric vehicles running on rails in the streets.
• Elevated Transit (like monorail) - electric vehicles that are grade-separated or operate in exclusive rights-of-way, allowing them to avoid traffic congestion and other barriers.

ICT service would have fewer stops than regular bus service and would make travelling by transit faster. It would directly connect neighborhoods to each other, major destinations and transit transfer stations.