According to a May 2011 report from the The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, Seattle’s Rapid Ride doesn’t qualify as real Bus Rapid Transit, let alone measure up to the “gold standard” of systems in cities like Bogota, Colombia.
Here’s from the Stranger Blog:
And here’s the report:
https://www.itdp.org/documents/20110526ITDP_USBRT_Report-HR.pdf