{"title":"Building A Transt Nation","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_9","url":null,"abstract":"“You can learn everything you need to know about the 7th Congressional District by riding the #1 bus from Cambridge to Roxbury,” intones the narrator of one of my favorite political ads from the 2018 campaign cycle. She is a Boston City Council member named Ayanna Pressley, who unseated an incumbent member of Congress in a primary election and was elected to the House of Representatives.","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122530861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Make the Bus Walkable and Dignified","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130342591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Make the Bus Fast and Reliable","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133083611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Make the Bus Fair and Welcoming","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_6","url":null,"abstract":"Bus service shapes the geography of accessibility, and this means how we plan bus service is deeply intertwined with social equity, whether we admit it or not. Transit agencies are required by federal law to analyze whether fare and service changes disproportionately harm low-income riders and riders of color, but this is often performed as a check-the-box exercise. Planning in ways that intentionally advance social equity requires a deeper commitment from transit leaders.","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133115687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Make the Bus Frequent","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114732404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Makes People Choose the Bus?","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_2","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most corrosive ideas in the transportation world, one that shows up in both the technical literature and politicians’ attitudes, is the belief that most people who ride the bus have no alternative, and they’ll keep riding regardless of how bad the service gets.","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133768293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology Won’t Kill the Bus—Unless We Let It","authors":"Steven Higashide","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-015-6_8","url":null,"abstract":"When voters are asked to tax themselves to increase funding for public transit, most of the time the answer is yes. According to statistics compiled by the Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE), transit referenda generally pass seven out of every ten times. But this number is inflated by a large number of routine transit tax renewal votes in places such as Perry, Michigan. When the vote is for high-profile, high-dollar, high-stakes transit investments, success is less assured. In 2018, one of the highest-profile, highest-stakes campaigns took place in Nashville.","PeriodicalId":236378,"journal":{"name":"Better Buses, Better Cities","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126645313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}