Planning for Effective Bus Rapid Transit Systems: A scenario simulation modelling based approach* *The authors would like to express their acknowledgement to the Research Promotion Foundation and the Structural Funds of the European Union in Cyprus, Transim Transportation Research Ltd and the University of Cyprus for funding and administering the BUSSIM Research Project. Many thanks also to the staff of the Transportation Planning Section of the Public Works Department of the Ministry of Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus for their cooperation.