Invisible Sun (Empire Games #3)

by Charles Stross

he was not only on the right bus, but the right bus at the right time. They ran on schedule here, nailed down to within a matter of seconds. After decades of the authentic American public transport experience it came as a welcome change. In this country buses weren’t just for poor people, and the German middle classes held them to the same standard as any other service used by the bourgeoisie: clean, efficient, fast, and frequent.

Never mind the electric cars we need better buses