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Why the humble city bus is the key to improving US public transit

  • Written by Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
Why the humble city bus is the key to improving US public transitIndianapolis debuted a bus rapid transit system with 60-foot articulated electric buses in 2019.Momoneymoproblemz/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

Public transit in the U.S. is in a sorry state – aging, underfunded and losing riders, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many proposed solutions focus on new technologies, like self-driving cars and flying...

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