How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa.

• Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT
• Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south
• Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities
• Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place
• Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners

Astrid Wood is an Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. Dr. Wood is an urban geographer specializing in infrastructure, governance and transportation.