evidence: Translink’s Glider service in Belfast shows how BRT can become a unique brand on which to hang the benefits of public transport Glider is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system for Belfast, developed in partnership between Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure, and publicly-owned transport body Translink. [...] The success of Glider, not just in terms of patronage growth but in its social impact, has seen it become a blueprint for BRT systems elsewhere. Ian Campbell, Director of Service Operations at Translink, puts the success down to the reliability of the services – itself a result of bus priority infrastructure – as well as a considered approach to vehicle design, ticketing and halts.