Scania creates BRT division in Brazil

Sweden-based truck manufacturer Scania has created a division in Brazil especially for Bus Rapid Transit systems.
January 31, 2012 Read time: 1 min

Sweden-based truck manufacturer 570 Scania has created a division in Brazil especially for Bus Rapid Transit systems (BRT); a market in which Brazil intends to invest US$3.42 billion by 2013 in advance of the country’s hosting of the Football World Cup in 2014.

Scania is expecting to see orders increase as nine out of 12 host cities for the World Cup have chosen BRT systems as the urban mobility project for the event have an installation cost a tenth of that of a metro system and can be implemented in a much shorter time frame.

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