The job wasn’t just driving—it was surviving.

Essential: Diary of a Public Transit Bus Operator - Vol 1 is a raw, personal memoir that takes readers behind the wheel during one of the most turbulent times in modern history. Written by Isiah Greene, a Los Angeles native and former 12-year public transit driver, this diary-style narrative documents the day-to-day realities of operating a city bus through the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

With unfiltered honesty and deeply human reflections, Isiah shares the emotional toll, personal struggles, and quiet triumphs of being labeled “essential” while the world shut down. From navigating unpredictable streets to managing public pressure, burnout, and internal battles, this book sheds light on what many transit workers endured—but few ever spoke about.

This isn’t just a story about buses—it’s about survival, identity, and what it means to carry the weight of a city in crisis.
 

Whether you’ve ridden the bus or driven one, Essential invites you into the seat of a man who lived it, felt it, and wrote it all down.

Release Date: February 20, 2026 
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