Greater Buses:
A Better Network
Strategic insights and frameworks for designing bus networks that truly work for passengers.
Why Greater Buses Exists
The bus industry is still recovering, not just from the pandemic, but from decades of decline in passenger numbers and public trust. Too often, networks are planned around theory, profit, or resource limits, with little regard for how they actually work for passengers.
Formal training in network design is scarce and much of what exists is either dryly academic, outdated, or disconnected from the real world.
Greater Buses was founded to change that.
What Makes Greater Buses Different?
Greater Buses blends operational experience with strategic insight. It draws on over 18 years of working in the UK bus industry, spanning frontline operations and network planning, paired with ongoing leadership and management education.
The mission is to bring clarity, empathy, and practical guidance to bus planning decisions, showing how they impact the passenger and the wider network.
What You’ll Find Here
- Strategic and operational insights grounded in experience
- Reports and reflections on real-world planning challenges
- A focus on how planning decisions affect actual passengers
- Principles and practices that can guide smarter network design
- A growing archive designed for professionals, planners, authorities and bus operators.
Who It’s For
- Bus industry professionals seeking grounded insights.
- Network planners aiming to improve service and efficiency.
- Local authorities responsible for transport policy and delivery.
- Bus operators looking to design and run better networks.
Guiding Principles
- Practical supports theoretical
- Empathy for the passenger
- Honest decisions build better networks
- Good networks balance ambition with reality
- We all improve when we share what we’ve learned
Better networks start with better thinking
This free guide shows 9 steps to design networks that truly serve passengers.
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