Dar es Salaam bus rapid transit is a bus rapid transit system that began operations on 10 May 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The transit system consists of 6 phases and the construction of the first phase began in April 2012 by the Austrian construction company Strabag International GmbH.
Construction of the first phase was completed in December 2015 at a total cost of €134 million funded by the African Development Bank, World Bank and the Government of Tanzania. The first phase of the project has a total length of 21.1 kilometers with dedicated bus lanes on three trunk routes with a total of 29 stations.
The first Phase of the system is operated by The Usafiri Dar es salaam Rapid Transit (UDA-RT) under the surveillance of the Land Transport regulatory authority (LATRA) Currently, the route is serviced by a fleet of 140 Chinese built Golden Dragon buses, providing express and local service for over 20 hours daily from 04:30 am to 12:00 midnight. In September 2022, BRT Fleet size had increased to 210.
