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Better Buses, Better Cities

How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit

October 10, 2019 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781642830149
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Description

Buses can and should be the cornerstone of urban transportation. They offer affordable mobility and can connect citizens with every aspect of their lives. Yet, they have long been an afterthought in budgeting and planning. With a compelling narrative and actionable steps, Better Buses, Better Cities inspires us to fix the bus.

Transit expert Steven Higashide shows us what a successful bus system looks like with real-world stories of reform.  Better Buses, Better Cities describes how decision-makers, philanthropists, activists, and public agency leaders can work together to make the bus a win in any city.

About this Author

Steven Higashide is one of America's leading experts on public transportation and the people who use it. As director of research for the national foundation TransitCenter, Higashide has authored groundbreaking reports that have redefined how decision makers and journalists understand transit. He has taken the bus in 26 cities around the U.S. and the world.

ISBN: 9781642830149
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2019-10-10

Reviews

"Better Buses, Better Cities makes a convincing for cities to prioritize improved bus service... Higashide shows transit advocates what works in other cities, enabling them to 'learn from the triumphs and pitfalls of others.' [It] is likely the best book ever written on improving bus service in the United States."

"Steven Higashide's new book Better Buses, Better Cities is a superb how-to manual for urban activists and urban policy-makers."

"Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run and Win the Fight for Effective Transit is the ultimate roadmap for how to make the bus great again in your city. Part technical backgrounder, part political field manual, Steven Higashide is a seasoned transit reformer and advocate who provides cautionary tales but also the inspiration for making cities better places to live....With its many success stories, practical tips and tools, it's a call to action for improving a city's bus service."

"From ballot measures to bus-only lanes, the research director from the national advocacy nonprofit TransitCenter delivers timely, inspiring stories of the ways cities are putting transit first."

"A passionate book calling for improved bus transportation in the United States. Focusing on success stories and best practices, the book provides compelling guidelines on how bus transit can be improved to better serve the needs of all bus passengers, provide more equitable access to direct, reliable, and fast bus lines, and attract more passengers."
 

"Steven Higashide has written the definitive volume on how to make [the] bus frequent, fast, reliable, welcoming, and respected in its role at the core of transit systems. The highly readable volume features success stories from Houston, Boston, Indianapolis, and many other cities."

"Higashide offers an eloquent argument for better bus transit systems through a multi-pronged approach of planning, research, and advocacy that transportation planners and activists for social equity and environmental improvement can use."

"In Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit, Steven Higashide lays out a clear and compelling set of arguments for how city planners, policymakers, and advocates can achieve high-quality bus networks in their cities."

"Better Buses, Better Cities inspires us to fix the bus system in whatever community we live and work in....Higashide persuasively argues that better bus systems will create better cities for all citizens....Exceptionally well researched, written, organized and presented, [it] is a welcome and effective resource for social activists, governmental policy makers, city planners, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject."

"Higashide shows how to roll out a new road order for streets by unleashing the power of effective bus networks and unleashing the full potential of cities." 

"This book is a must-read for anybody who cares about cities and transit. Higashide helps us see how to get more out of buses, a maligned but crucial part of our transit systems." 

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