According to this critical review of their use in Nancy Fr.
I agree, they use a mechanical guide, how dumb is that? They designed the thing in 2001, they could have called any of a half dozen technology vendors to get optical guidance from the lane markings.
Anyway, that is my job, locate dense transit planners before they get all "animal spirited" about some proprietary, half designed transit gimmicks.
Do not invest in Bombardier, they are off my investment list until I see evidence that they use digital technology.
Yet in 2004 we have this:
"Irisbus has supplied ten Civis guided vehicles to operate in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world. The fleet entered operation for the first time on the famous 'Strip' under the eyes of the city authorities and representatives of the State of Nevada.
Fitted with Siemens Transportation Systems' state-of-the-art optical guidance equipment the Civis has become an integral feature of the Las Vegas landscape and is running on the first exclusive Bus Rapid Transit right-of-way, set up by the local organizing authority Regional Transportation Commission."
So I have IrisBus in my investment list, Bombadier out.
Here, you can read about UC Berkely and their expanded trials with magnetic guidance systems for BRT. Magnetic guidance has the advantage of working in snow or rain, unlike optical.
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