Anywhere I’ve been on vacation, I’ve always used public transportation as it saves substantial money. Google has saved me many times regarding public transportation hours of operation.
2:34 Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), 53 million ridership. What makes their system so great is that they have three expressways exclusively for buses that lead out of the Central Business District to the east, west and south. That is in addition to bus-only lanes on streets shared with other vehicles. And, a tunnel under a mountain that is shared exclusively with Light Rail trains. All this in a medium-sized city.
@@seanshen8325 100% I love their system's structure. It's very underrated and ahead of the norm. A lot of cities or metropolis should try taking a page out of PAAC's book on how to economically & fiscally build a system that isn't entirely dependent on building rail lines.
Pittsburgh is medium sized to you? I guess I live in a cave. My hometown in Virginia has 4,000 residents. You can drive the main streets in a circle in like less than 15 minutes. We have four red lights, two post offices, and one high school. Nearest big city is 500 mile drive. We consider going to Walmart a road trip because we have to drive to the ends of the county to get there. Memphis TN was the biggest city I lived in. You would think a city with a metro population of 800,000 would have half decent bus service. But instead, I think they have one of the worst bus services. Major routes don't start running until 5am and stop at midnight. That's Monday through Saturday. Smaller ones start at 8am to 6pm on weekdays, but not weekends, although some do on Saturday like 830am-5pm. On Sundays, major routes run 9am-5pm. They only run to a few of the suburbs but not all of them. If you don't have a car, you're screwed in that city. They don't have light rail, subways, or commuter trains ether, except for Amtrak.
San Francisco is my favorite public transportation city! The buses are amazing! So frequent! The constant high frequency is almost shocking!! It’s like heaven for me because I love public transportation. Unfortunately the trains can be a little frustrating. BART is usually okay, although I wish they would run every 8 minutes instead of every 15 minutes. Muni Metro is really frustrating. The market street subway gets delayed at least 2-3 times per day. One time I was going inbound and we usually stopped about 4 times between stations. Also, it takes about 60 seconds for trains to go from street mode to auto mode, which drives me nuts.
I've never been on any of these systems but judging by maps and videos, I'd say King County Metro of Seattle has the best bus network. KCM has tonnes of buses, a lot of which are articulated and has a dense network of routes going pretty much everywhere. The service is also really frequent too!
Seattle should be the best. With king county metro provide frequent and dense services in center city, and sound transit provide convenient connection with suburbs, live in Seattle without a car is not a big deal. The innovative rapid ride bus is also successful and offered experience to other cities
I gotta say, Tim! Whenever you get the chance, head to Phoenix and Honolulu. Valley Metro (PHX) is amazing and would put most of these to shame, while Honolulu is just as complex as New York. I'm waiting until the HART Rail line's first phase is completed before I head to Hawai'i to record their entire system.
qjtvaddict, no they weren’t. In fact, all of our lines are outside. Even the ones that go SUBterranean for a stretch. Also, they all go above street level for some if not all of the route. Hence, the name “EL” for elevated.
SEPTA has the better overall transit network. I’ve been to Houston,NY, LA, Seattle,Chicago,DC,Baltimore. SEPTA’s rail system is tops followed by Seattle.
Man. They're all just awesome. It just breaks my heart to learn how one small virus can bring big destruction to these systems. Ridership is down by 70% or more everywhere now.
Cowboy Bepop it’s because it’s limited service that’s why it takes long but the regular lines sometimes these bus drivers just... idk I know the one in Jersey City around gates ave it’s a bus garage and half of these bus drivers be taking forever doing what they’re doing or just talk too much to the other bus drivers.
@@FordEscape12345678 This Bus Here In Exeter UK Devon South West Where I Live Is The Same Age As Me I Am George And I Was Born 5th July 2008 www.flickr.com/photos/swbuspics/33496294988/
@@qjtvaddict Realised my city has about the same no. of buses at NYC but almost double the ridership (across ~300 routes & ~4500 bus stops, though to be fair ~40% of the fleet is double-decker, though on the other hand we have only ~40 articulated buses)
The best bus system I have ever used is the Fargo-Moorhead Bus System. ALL routes are in sync to meet at the same time at the downtown Fargo, North Dakota terminal. Lots of bus shelters to block the wind, and lots of areas in Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota are covered!! Tough to say which one in the USA is number one, though.
There are pretty old-fashioned trolley cars on Boston's red line extension too! Interesting contrast with their other modern light-rail trains (green line)!
A lot of people mentioning unmentioned systems. This was based on top 20 in ridership. Maybe your system didn't make the cut. NYC, Philadelphia and D.C all have great systems. Lived in all 3. I don't know Pittsburgh well, but it's streets seem always loaded with buses.
I would rate them on the basis of reliability and frequency of service, cleanliness and upkeep of the vehicles, and courteousness and knowledge of the drivers. Given that, I have to admit that I don't have the experience necessary to rate any of these twenty systems as the best. But New York City's bus system sounds impressive.
It does sound impressive until you realise that there was a report a few years ago from John Stossel where he stated with a union member that someone had like 60 days off because he was spat on or something ridiculous like that.
Nyc’s bus system is actually god awful and horrible. They are also the slowest in the country in bus speeds and have the worst stop spacing as well with too many stops.
N.y would fail on all of your criteria. Safety-F, reliability-D, Overcrowded to the point you might not even be able to get on a bus you waited 30+ minutes for. Dirty/filthy.. (Just no)
Despite so many opinions, the fact is that the NYC system is FAR better than any other, objectively. They offer the most options, a single ride pay system with free transfers, including to/from the subway, express service options, touchless payment, a solid app, time notifications at stops, and more coverage than any other. They cover 5 counties and even have some services that go through NJ between Manhattan and Staten Island, just because it’s quicker. They’re 100% accessible and have CNG, hybrid-electric and electric units in operation. Most have WiFi and USB chargers at all seats too.
I grew up riding the LA Metro(nee RTD),Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and Muni. Now I ride ABQ Ride here in Albuquerque. Rode SEPTA and MTA during my visit to NYC and Philly a few years ago.
It was left out but Washington D.C. also has an articulated bus as well. It almost resembles the ones that are in Las Vegas. Also there were a few busses missing from NYC my hometown. 😍❤️
Chicago hands down! Thanks to the city being built on a grid with main streets every half mile, the bus network is easy to understand. Frequent routes that travel in a straight line make any trip possible with a simple two bus trip. And some routes run 24/7.
Hi I'm from Adelaide South Australia and we have the best obahn bus system in the world .TH-cam it. Adelaide similiar to Chicago designed with grid road suburbs .Adelaide voted 2020 5th most liveable city in world.obahn bus system would have helped contribute in the voting process. I hope some American cities could learn a lot from our system first designed in Germany.not practical for all cities but some could I've noticed on geographical status ie landscape corridors through city suburbs.god bless good luck with America's bus systems.,,👍🇦🇺✌️☺️
Keep in mind with cities like Washington DC, Boston, and Chicago that they all have very robust subway systems that complement their bus transit counterparts. When compounded as one extensive transit system, they usually outshine the rest (I haven't mentioned NYC for obvious reasons).
Wrong, it USED TO have over 6000 buses up until 2012. Why? because in that year (2012), MTA Long Island bus met it's end and became NICE bus. We lost a few hundred buses to NICE as a result.
I've only experienced LA metro, SF Muni and AC transit in Oakland. Hands down San Francisco has the best transit in California. Buses are frequent and I can wait 5 minutes if I miss my bus for the next. Here in LA, only near the urban core do you get service anywhere near what you get in San Francisco. I hope to one day experience Chicago's transit and those of the Northeast.
Minneapolis and Michigan,,those buses are very reliable,,they be flying through the snow like ain't nothing on the ground. Always on time,,no more than 3 minutes late for bad weather conditions..
Don't be fooled by the footage taken at NYC. Streets are jam-packed, even on weekends. A standard bus model can barely navigate through midtown Manhattan, so imagine how worse it gets when you're riding in an articulated ("accordions" some of us call 'em) bus. And just recently, MTA considered bringing back double decker buses. God help us all.
Great video and amazing footage. LA has the coolest bus But the service is horrible. NYC MTA and NJTRANSIT all the way my brothers and sisters have to be supermen to go thru all that traffic and go home a life.
MTA NYCT Mabstoa and MTA BUS COMPANY hands down been riding them since In the womb got a cousin who operates out of MANHATTANVILLE depot and another out of JAMAICA DEPOT in Queens and son to be an mta employee myself
1) San Diego 2) Oakland 3) Pittsburgh 4) Miami 5) Atlanta 6) Minneapolis 7) Portland 8) Las Vegas 9) Denver 10) Houston 11) Baltimore 12) Boston 13) Washington DC 14) Seattle 15) Newark 16) Philadelphia 17) San Francisco 18) Chicago 19) Los Angeles 20) New York
I wonder which secondary bus agencies within major cities are at least equal or better than the main city’s/region’s transit agencies. Madison County Transit, serving one very small corner northeast of St. Louis, seems to be the only one getting somewhat creative with their services compared with much of Metro’s fleet (Metro has bi-articulated buses running in certain denser St. Louis city neighborhoods but that’s it). While they don’t have BRT or bi-articulated buses, they clearly deliberately designed their bus routes to directly “plug into” a very sizable share of the county’s COMPREHENSIVE bike trail system (the better part of 150 miles of trails predominantly within the county; also maintained by MCT). Also, their buses’ wheelbases are more comparable to larger SUVs/pickup trucks than average buses; more centered than at the very ends of the buses to which I wonder if that alone makes maneuvering, much less training new drivers easier than with other bus fleets…
So far I'd have to say that MUNI is the best and then AC Transit is the second best of the Bay Area. Then TriMet up in Portland and although I've never rode on the King County Metro buses while visiting Seattle I must say however that KCM and the other connecting transit agencies are very busy anf the run hecka decent too. The great thing was that I got a chance to still bus fan in Seattle and had a great time doing it too :D
Out of the agencies posted, I'd say LACMTA. It's a big city system that managed to switch to all CNG. Big respect. Also, I just realized that you did them in order from smallest to largest. lol.
I love Phoenix's transit service. They have so many varieties of models to choose from along with separate styles of services. If only they can settle on a "final" color scheme for their buses.
@@MJofLakelandX They have and they also added a few more options besides the buses. They have added the light rail which has been in operation since 2008.
Chicago buses are bike (2 slots) friendly and wheelchair accessible. With a ramp that opens up and 2 spots per bus for wheelchairs (basically the seats fold up). They have a pay-card system. (called the Link) The fair is $2.50 includes transfer. They have a senior and disability half price or free card available for those that qualify. They run on diesel. List yours. :)
I gotta go with my company who I work for that is MTA New York City Transit but I gotta give love to New Jersey Transit too since they are close to the city and the Tri-State area of NY/NJ
L.A. Metro, Chicago Transit Authority, NYCMTA, Philly, S.F. Muni, Denver's RTD, with Just One Owl Route: #15 Colfax, Detroit, Cleveland, A.C. Transit (East Bay Oakland), Reno, NV, RTC, Vegas, Foothill Transit, East of L.A. One Line: the Silver Streak, PACE Bus, Suburban Chicago, One Line: The 352, Sam Trans (South of Frisco), the 292, Serving San Francisco, (Via SFO) San Mateo County, VTA, San Jose, One Line: The #22 (OWL May be Cancelled in Future, Due to Budget Cuts by VTA). If there's More I Wouldn't Know About Other Owl Service Line for Other Systems i Didn't Include?
@@afcgeo882 Your like the one of very very very few cities that doesn't have separate branded routes for the night. And no, not all your subways and buses run 24/7, but many do.
@@hilldoggydogg635 In NYC, all subway lines operate 24/7 and all bus lines, except express bus service operate 24/7. It’s one of the many reasons why NYCT is the best bus system in the US.
I'm guessing the United States Transit but not Japan or any other bus that is like Japan. I think the mainland like Colorado and other places and Honolulu and the neighbor islands off of Honolulu like the Big Island and other places nearby.
Λοιπόν, όποια πόλη διαθέτει αστικά λεωφορεία: α. με θύρες χαμηλού δαπέδου, χωρίς σκαλοπάτια και μεγάλου φάρδους για την εξυπηρέτηση ατόμων με αναπηρία, β. σταντ για τη μεταφορά των ποδηλάτων, γ. κινητήρες χαμηλών ή και μηδενικών ρύπων και χαμηλού θορύβου, δ. δίκτυο με πυκνά δρομολόγια το οποίο να εξυπηρετεί, σε συνδυασμό με άλλα μέσα μεταφοράς (μετρό, τραμ, light rail, προαστιακό σιδηρόδρομο ) κάθε σημείο της πόλης και των προαστίων αυτής, εκείνη η πόλη έχει τα καλύτερα αστικά λεωφορεία! Εύγε!
I AM THINKING VERY SERIODLY ABOUT MOVING FROM WHERE I AM TO ANOTHER STATE, MOST OF THESE ARE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME EXCEPT MAYBE PITTSBURG OR MINNEAPOLIS.
The RTS are unfortunately all going to retire by the end of this year. And yes Orion’s are still in the city. Orion 7s, Next gen, 3rd gens. The only Orion 7s that have retired were the CNG buses.
@@acegarr22 My Sources are that they will ALL be Retired by MAY of this Year, What's Left of the RTS Fleet is Assigned to Brooklyn, Serving East New York, & Brownsville, & Queens, & in Manhattan Also! They Said they have Close to 170 of the RTS's in the Fleet.
I love riding public transportation in different cities.
Me too
The best way to see real life somwhere
@ShadowLoleris You're a sad little person. I guess mommy didn't hold you enough as an infant.
I do, too. Especially MARTA b/c I live near Atlanta.
Anywhere I’ve been on vacation, I’ve always used public transportation as it saves substantial money. Google has saved me many times regarding public transportation hours of operation.
It's hard to choose but my top 5 from experience:
1.) New York (NYCT & MTA)
2.) Washington, D.C. (Metrobus)
3.) Pittsburgh
4.) Phoenix
5.) Boston
MJofLakeland1 not for reliability
MJofLakeland1 NYCT And MTA Are both the same Transit Authority
CTA is better than MTA in my honest opinion.
How dare you not have Chicago on that list
2:34 Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), 53 million ridership. What makes their system so great is that they have three expressways exclusively for buses that lead out of the Central Business District to the east, west and south. That is in addition to bus-only lanes on streets shared with other vehicles. And, a tunnel under a mountain that is shared exclusively with Light Rail trains.
All this in a medium-sized city.
joe stewart Agree. The only thing that may not be so satisfying is the frequency. Most routes have headways larger than 15 mins
@@seanshen8325 Be grateful you dont live in Jersey, some of their buses come once an hour.
Cowboy Bepop NJ is not dense enough to support a frequent bus system
@@seanshen8325 100% I love their system's structure. It's very underrated and ahead of the norm. A lot of cities or metropolis should try taking a page out of PAAC's book on how to economically & fiscally build a system that isn't entirely dependent on building rail lines.
Pittsburgh is medium sized to you? I guess I live in a cave. My hometown in Virginia has 4,000 residents. You can drive the main streets in a circle in like less than 15 minutes. We have four red lights, two post offices, and one high school. Nearest big city is 500 mile drive. We consider going to Walmart a road trip because we have to drive to the ends of the county to get there. Memphis TN was the biggest city I lived in. You would think a city with a metro population of 800,000 would have half decent bus service. But instead, I think they have one of the worst bus services. Major routes don't start running until 5am and stop at midnight. That's Monday through Saturday. Smaller ones start at 8am to 6pm on weekdays, but not weekends, although some do on Saturday like 830am-5pm. On Sundays, major routes run 9am-5pm. They only run to a few of the suburbs but not all of them. If you don't have a car, you're screwed in that city. They don't have light rail, subways, or commuter trains ether, except for Amtrak.
SEPTA 329,931,400 annual ridership for 2014 and 308,299,800 for 2017
San Francisco is my favorite public transportation city! The buses are amazing! So frequent! The constant high frequency is almost shocking!! It’s like heaven for me because I love public transportation. Unfortunately the trains can be a little frustrating. BART is usually okay, although I wish they would run every 8 minutes instead of every 15 minutes. Muni Metro is really frustrating. The market street subway gets delayed at least 2-3 times per day. One time I was going inbound and we usually stopped about 4 times between stations. Also, it takes about 60 seconds for trains to go from street mode to auto mode, which drives me nuts.
But in Boston, you can ride all of MBTA w/ only a Charlie Card. Similar set-up in Philly, but you have to pay to transfer modes.
I've never been on any of these systems but judging by maps and videos, I'd say King County Metro of Seattle has the best bus network. KCM has tonnes of buses, a lot of which are articulated and has a dense network of routes going pretty much everywhere. The service is also really frequent too!
Las Vegas has the coolest looking buses out of the cities represented in this video.
25:25. My Favorite Video. Finally an RTS, Glad you captured that just two months before all rest of them retired
Seattle should be the best. With king county metro provide frequent and dense services in center city, and sound transit provide convenient connection with suburbs, live in Seattle without a car is not a big deal. The innovative rapid ride bus is also successful and offered experience to other cities
What about high frequency service on sound transit buses
Don't forget that downtown is a fare-free zone.
You don't need a car in San Francisco
MTA: Amateurs
@@gracebrady1046 what was that punk?
I gotta say, Tim! Whenever you get the chance, head to Phoenix and Honolulu. Valley Metro (PHX) is amazing and would put most of these to shame, while Honolulu is just as complex as New York.
I'm waiting until the HART Rail line's first phase is completed before I head to Hawai'i to record their entire system.
Thanks for the shoutout 🤙🏽 we been modernizing our fleet and recently retired most of our old high floor buses.
22:16 Chicago! CTA, Baby, CTA!
Shout out from NYC, I wish all of our subways could go outside like Chicago
Bardock those were torn down
@@qjtvaddict Ever been to an outer borough?
qjtvaddict, no they weren’t. In fact, all of our lines are outside. Even the ones that go SUBterranean for a stretch. Also, they all go above street level for some if not all of the route. Hence, the name “EL” for elevated.
Absolutely 💯 Grew up taking the CTA. It was affordable, punctual, and actually quite safe.
I'm glad Houston is getting some recognition, but hoping you can do Houston's transit system again someday.
HOUExplorer is making videos about buses around Houston, mostly Express buses from the many Park & Rides you have...
SEPTA has the better overall transit network. I’ve been to Houston,NY, LA, Seattle,Chicago,DC,Baltimore. SEPTA’s rail system is tops followed by Seattle.
SEPTA has more in common with European suburban rail systems than American ones
Philly philly!
Miami-Dade County
Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston in that order.
Man. They're all just awesome. It just breaks my heart to learn how one small virus can bring big destruction to these systems. Ridership is down by 70% or more everywhere now.
There is talk TriMet is exploring battery technology, as well as expanding the bus fleet to 950 buses.
NJT will forever be my favorite!!! It can get very aggravating at times but they still got it!!!
You tell them! New Jersey Transit has my vote too!
I wish NJT would improve more, some bus lines take too long to come.
Cowboy Bepop it’s because it’s limited service that’s why it takes long but the regular lines sometimes these bus drivers just... idk I know the one in Jersey City around gates ave it’s a bus garage and half of these bus drivers be taking forever doing what they’re doing or just talk too much to the other bus drivers.
@@FordEscape12345678 This Bus Here In Exeter UK Devon South West Where I Live Is The Same Age As Me I Am George And I Was Born 5th July 2008 www.flickr.com/photos/swbuspics/33496294988/
I have a love-hate for NJT. I prefer the commuter rail over the bus system. Minus the 551 from 10th and Filbert in Center City to AC.
Please do the best bus system in Europe, it's capital cities if you will.
not a bad idea!!!
Blows anything in the USA out of the water
@@timosha21 and Haiti as well
@@qjtvaddict us buses are pretty good much more comparable to Europe than trams trains etc. tho it is true that London reigns supreme
@@qjtvaddict Realised my city has about the same no. of buses at NYC but almost double the ridership (across ~300 routes & ~4500 bus stops, though to be fair ~40% of the fleet is double-decker, though on the other hand we have only ~40 articulated buses)
Foothill transit has all electric busses that are just beautiful
The best bus system I have ever used is the Fargo-Moorhead Bus System. ALL routes are in sync to meet at the same time at the downtown Fargo, North Dakota terminal. Lots of bus shelters to block the wind, and lots of areas in Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota are covered!! Tough to say which one in the USA is number one, though.
Gotta give it to SF muni for their unique trolley buses and the enjoyment of traveling up steep hills
Miles Campbell Yes San Francisco is my favorite!
There are pretty old-fashioned trolley cars on Boston's red line extension too! Interesting contrast with their other modern light-rail trains (green line)!
A lot of people mentioning unmentioned systems. This was based on top 20 in ridership. Maybe your system didn't make the cut. NYC, Philadelphia and D.C
all have great systems. Lived in all 3. I don't know Pittsburgh well, but it's streets seem always loaded with buses.
I would rate them on the basis of reliability and frequency of service, cleanliness and upkeep of the vehicles, and courteousness and knowledge of the drivers.
Given that, I have to admit that I don't have the experience necessary to rate any of these twenty systems as the best. But New York City's bus system sounds impressive.
It does sound impressive until you realise that there was a report a few years ago from John Stossel where he stated with a union member that someone had like 60 days off because he was spat on or something ridiculous like that.
Nyc’s bus system is actually god awful and horrible. They are also the slowest in the country in bus speeds and have the worst stop spacing as well with too many stops.
@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials What about that says anything about the system?
@@qjtvaddict They are the slowest because they operate in the densest traffic, you moron.
N.y would fail on all of your criteria. Safety-F, reliability-D, Overcrowded to the point you might not even be able to get on a bus you waited 30+ minutes for. Dirty/filthy.. (Just no)
Despite so many opinions, the fact is that the NYC system is FAR better than any other, objectively. They offer the most options, a single ride pay system with free transfers, including to/from the subway, express service options, touchless payment, a solid app, time notifications at stops, and more coverage than any other. They cover 5 counties and even have some services that go through NJ between Manhattan and Staten Island, just because it’s quicker. They’re 100% accessible and have CNG, hybrid-electric and electric units in operation. Most have WiFi and USB chargers at all seats too.
I grew up riding the LA Metro(nee RTD),Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and Muni. Now I ride ABQ Ride here in Albuquerque. Rode SEPTA and MTA during my visit to NYC and Philly a few years ago.
1. Septa (Favorite in the Northeast)
2. Metrobus
3. King County
I was looking for a comment with septa lol
17:56 That's my bus, 124 to Tukwila Int. Blvd. St./Tukwila Link St., ride that bus almost every day.
It was left out but Washington D.C. also has an articulated bus as well. It almost resembles the ones that are in Las Vegas. Also there were a few busses missing from NYC my hometown. 😍❤️
I am from Los Angeles I love taking LA metro buses
The Las Vegas articulated buses look so fucking cool
Chicago hands down! Thanks to the city being built on a grid with main streets every half mile, the bus network is easy to understand. Frequent routes that travel in a straight line make any trip possible with a simple two bus trip. And some routes run 24/7.
Yes the grid is a huge advantage . I visited a couple of times and the bus system was a breeze to use and the buses ran on time
Hi I'm from Adelaide South Australia and we have the best obahn bus system in the world .TH-cam it. Adelaide similiar to Chicago designed with grid road suburbs .Adelaide voted 2020 5th most liveable city in world.obahn bus system would have helped contribute in the voting process. I hope some American cities could learn a lot from our system first designed in Germany.not practical for all cities but some could I've noticed on geographical status ie landscape corridors through city suburbs.god bless good luck with America's bus systems.,,👍🇦🇺✌️☺️
ABSOLUTELY 💯
Miami Dade Transit
Connecticut has a bus system for most of the state
WOW! !! Does it come every 15 minutes like San Francisco Muni buses ?
TriMet is very underrated..
Love Denver-RTD!
I am biased. SEPTA
Dennel Wright exactly very biased SEPTA is very crappy with indirect bus routes several useless ones and poor frequency on the rail lines
NYCT is one of the last few agencies with RTSs in their fleet still.
New jersey still has plenty of them
RTS were retired years ago. It’s old footage.
@@afcgeo882 lol bro I posted that in 2019. That's when they retired theirs in May 2019
Keep in mind with cities like Washington DC, Boston, and Chicago that they all have very robust subway systems that complement their bus transit counterparts. When compounded as one extensive transit system, they usually outshine the rest (I haven't mentioned NYC for obvious reasons).
As someone that lives in Lowell Massachusetts I can attest getting into Boston is faster on a train than a car.
Amazing video!!
Timosha21 you should do a video on the best Monorail in the North America
None lol
MBTA also has 3 crosstown routes and 5 BRT routes.
Riff Raff well silver line is not brt literally. It does not have off board fare collection
NY...I knew it. Great city transportation system#1.
They're ordered by ascending order of ridership.
MTA in NYC Has like over 6000 buses and I’ll be working for the MTA in 2027 or 2028
Wrong, it USED TO have over 6000 buses up until 2012. Why? because in that year (2012), MTA Long Island bus met it's end and became NICE bus. We lost a few hundred buses to NICE as a result.
I've only experienced LA metro, SF Muni and AC transit in Oakland. Hands down San Francisco has the best transit in California. Buses are frequent and I can wait 5 minutes if I miss my bus for the next. Here in LA, only near the urban core do you get service anywhere near what you get in San Francisco. I hope to one day experience Chicago's transit and those of the Northeast.
Minneapolis and Michigan,,those buses are very reliable,,they be flying through the snow like ain't nothing on the ground. Always on time,,no more than 3 minutes late for bad weather conditions..
NYC just for the pure scale of it. Also, more then 6/10 people don't own a car in NYC so that's why the city has BIG annua; riderships. (For the MTA).
Don't be fooled by the footage taken at NYC. Streets are jam-packed, even on weekends. A standard bus model can barely navigate through midtown Manhattan, so imagine how worse it gets when you're riding in an articulated ("accordions" some of us call 'em) bus. And just recently, MTA considered bringing back double decker buses. God help us all.
Sacramento
Probably time to do an update as some of these busses are long retired.
NOTHING IS BETTER THAN DART IN DALLAS!!
So anything?
Las Vegas buses look sleek and unique
16:50 That jump
NJ Transit (my favorite)
NJ Transit is dirty and smells like the projects but it is really efficent and cheap
Marcus Saunders same
Great video and amazing footage. LA has the coolest bus But the service is horrible. NYC MTA and NJTRANSIT all the way my brothers and sisters have to be supermen to go thru all that traffic and go home a life.
Those are the slowest buses in the country
The bus is cool, the bus is very long, it can fit a lot of passengers
MTA NYCT Mabstoa and MTA BUS COMPANY hands down been riding them since In the womb got a cousin who operates out of MANHATTANVILLE depot and another out of JAMAICA DEPOT in Queens and son to be an mta employee myself
Where is Rochester NY they have good public bus service too lol
You didn’t show any of SEPTA’s NF XDE40’s or the articulated buses either. They have so many great buses and you only showed the crappy, old ones.
It had a very good bus network
1) San Diego
2) Oakland
3) Pittsburgh
4) Miami
5) Atlanta
6) Minneapolis
7) Portland
8) Las Vegas
9) Denver
10) Houston
11) Baltimore
12) Boston
13) Washington DC
14) Seattle
15) Newark
16) Philadelphia
17) San Francisco
18) Chicago
19) Los Angeles
20) New York
I wonder which secondary bus agencies within major cities are at least equal or better than the main city’s/region’s transit agencies.
Madison County Transit, serving one very small corner northeast of St. Louis, seems to be the only one getting somewhat creative with their services compared with much of Metro’s fleet (Metro has bi-articulated buses running in certain denser St. Louis city neighborhoods but that’s it). While they don’t have BRT or bi-articulated buses, they clearly deliberately designed their bus routes to directly “plug into” a very sizable share of the county’s COMPREHENSIVE bike trail system (the better part of 150 miles of trails predominantly within the county; also maintained by MCT).
Also, their buses’ wheelbases are more comparable to larger SUVs/pickup trucks than average buses; more centered than at the very ends of the buses to which I wonder if that alone makes maneuvering, much less training new drivers easier than with other bus fleets…
Houston buses? I been riding those buses when I was 3 or 4.
So far I'd have to say that MUNI is the best and then AC Transit is the second best of the Bay Area. Then TriMet up in Portland and although I've never rode on the King County Metro buses while visiting Seattle I must say however that KCM and the other connecting transit agencies are very busy anf the run hecka decent too. The great thing was that I got a chance to still bus fan in Seattle and had a great time doing it too :D
I’m just happy that Las Vegas is in here, I guess?
The best public transportation systems in my own experience and humble opinion.
New Orleans
Austin
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Denver
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Out of the agencies posted, I'd say LACMTA. It's a big city system that managed to switch to all CNG. Big respect.
Also, I just realized that you did them in order from smallest to largest. lol.
Valley Metro, Phoenix, Arizona.
I love Phoenix's transit service. They have so many varieties of models to choose from along with separate styles of services. If only they can settle on a "final" color scheme for their buses.
@@MJofLakelandX They have and they also added a few more options besides the buses. They have added the light rail which has been in operation since 2008.
well you forgot one more thing in your video Fort Worth TX Trinity Metro Transit
Make a video about urban transportation in Thessaloniki. I'm sure that all the world will laugh 🤣🤣🤣!
Chicago buses are bike (2 slots) friendly and wheelchair accessible. With a ramp that opens up and 2 spots per bus for wheelchairs (basically the seats fold up). They have a pay-card system. (called the Link) The fair is $2.50 includes transfer. They have a senior and disability half price or free card available for those that qualify. They run on diesel.
List yours. :)
I gotta go with my company who I work for that is MTA New York City Transit but I gotta give love to New Jersey Transit too since they are close to the city and the Tri-State area of NY/NJ
Donell Weaver no
Septa because I am a septa fan
Las Vegas with DD Buses. Great.
You forgot the city of Orlando Florida Transit linx public transportation
Ripta is the best RI
SEPTA, Port Authority, MTA, CTA
You should include which systems operate NightBus service and which do not.
L.A. Metro, Chicago Transit Authority, NYCMTA, Philly, S.F. Muni, Denver's RTD, with Just One Owl Route: #15 Colfax, Detroit, Cleveland, A.C. Transit (East Bay Oakland), Reno, NV, RTC, Vegas, Foothill Transit, East of L.A. One Line: the Silver Streak, PACE Bus, Suburban Chicago, One Line: The 352, Sam Trans (South of Frisco), the 292, Serving San Francisco, (Via SFO) San Mateo County, VTA, San Jose, One Line: The #22 (OWL May be Cancelled in Future, Due to Budget Cuts by VTA).
If there's More I Wouldn't Know About Other Owl Service Line for Other Systems i Didn't Include?
Wayne Wright Seattle
NYC: What’s a NightBus service? All our services are 24/7/365.
@@afcgeo882 Your like the one of very very very few cities that doesn't have separate branded routes for the night. And no, not all your subways and buses run 24/7, but many do.
@@hilldoggydogg635 In NYC, all subway lines operate 24/7 and all bus lines, except express bus service operate 24/7. It’s one of the many reasons why NYCT is the best bus system in the US.
I'm guessing the United States Transit but not Japan or any other bus that is like Japan. I think the mainland like Colorado and other places and Honolulu and the neighbor islands off of Honolulu like the Big Island and other places nearby.
Since I live in Nevada I think Nevada has the best bus system
Λοιπόν, όποια πόλη διαθέτει αστικά λεωφορεία: α. με θύρες χαμηλού δαπέδου, χωρίς σκαλοπάτια και μεγάλου φάρδους για την εξυπηρέτηση ατόμων με αναπηρία, β. σταντ για τη μεταφορά των ποδηλάτων, γ. κινητήρες χαμηλών ή και μηδενικών ρύπων και χαμηλού θορύβου, δ. δίκτυο με πυκνά δρομολόγια το οποίο να εξυπηρετεί, σε συνδυασμό με άλλα μέσα μεταφοράς (μετρό, τραμ, light rail, προαστιακό σιδηρόδρομο ) κάθε σημείο της πόλης και των προαστίων αυτής, εκείνη η πόλη έχει τα καλύτερα αστικά λεωφορεία! Εύγε!
NYC... YASSS, BEE-YOTCH!
Nice!👍
where was Santa Clara VTA?
Can you do an update on these? Because Boston pretty much upgraded all their buses.
25:01 MTA is the best BC I live in nyc
And let me say that at 9:22, RTC’s buses, from what I’ve seen, has not looked LIKR that.
Without a doubt, New York City.
I AM THINKING VERY SERIODLY ABOUT MOVING FROM WHERE I AM TO ANOTHER STATE, MOST OF THESE ARE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME EXCEPT MAYBE PITTSBURG OR MINNEAPOLIS.
Yes! I’m from New York. But our subways have garbage on the train tracks
I like the Harris county bus
Timosha21 Please Reply Can You Do Which City Has The Best Bus System In The UK? And Please Feature Exeter UK Devon South West Where I Live
CHICAGO & NYC
CTA Chicago
Awesome! Thank you! I posted a video of a bus trip in the north of Russia. Happy viewing.
I’m from Washington DC so WMATA has the da best Metro bus and train system
SEPTA The Best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Boston 💚
do what is the best metro system in south america
You forgot Trinity Metro. Fort Worth, TX
wow MTA NYC is still running th RTS's and the Orions??
The RTS are unfortunately all going to retire by the end of this year. And yes Orion’s are still in the city. Orion 7s, Next gen, 3rd gens. The only Orion 7s that have retired were the CNG buses.
@@acegarr22
My Sources are that they will ALL be Retired by MAY of this Year, What's Left of the RTS Fleet is Assigned to Brooklyn, Serving East New York, & Brownsville, & Queens, & in Manhattan Also!
They Said they have Close to 170 of the RTS's in the Fleet.
The RTS buses are all gone