Better Buses, Better Cities

“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.”– “Journal of the American Planning Association”“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.” – “Journal of Urban Affairs”“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.”– “Midwest Book Review”“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.”– “Spacing Vancouver”“Steven Higashide’s new book Better Buses, Better Cities is a superb how-to manual for urban activists and urban policy-makers.”– “Resilience”“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.”–Randy Shaw “Beyond Chron”

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 ground-breaking 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.