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| Title Statement | Human transit: how clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives / Jarrett Walker ; illustrations by PJ Houser, Eric Orozco, Erin Walsh, Alfred Twu, Daniel Howard ; cover illustration Eric Orozco. |
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| Author | Walker, Jarrett, 1962- |
| Additional Contributors | Houser, PJ |
| Howard, Daniel | |
| Orozco, Eric | |
| Twu, Alfred | |
| Walsh, Erin | |
| Publication | Washington, DC: Island Press,[2024]©2024 |
| Edition | Revised edition. |
| Extent of Item | x, 274 pages |
| ISBN | 9781642833058 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr07259009 |
| Contents | Introduction --What transit is and does --What makes transit useful? : seven demands and how transit serves them --The wall around your life : access to opportunity --A bunch of random strangers : planning for diversity --Lines, loops, and longing --Touching the city : stops and stations --Peak or all day? --Frequency is freedom --The obstacle course : speed, delay, and reliability --Ridership or coverage? : The challenge of allocating service --Can fares be fair? --Connections of complexity? --From connections to networks to places --Network design and redesign --Be on the way! : moral implications of location choice --On the boulevard --Take the long view --Epilogue : geometry, choices, freedom. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index (pages 265-274). |
| Summary | Transportation expert Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus on the underlying geometry that all transit systems share. In Human Transit, Revised Edition, he provides the basic tools and critical questions needed to make smarter decisions about designing and implementing services, refreshed with updated information and examples. The first edition of Human Transit, published in 2011, has become a classic for professionals, advocates, and interested citizens. No other book explains the basic principles of public transit in such lively and accessible prose, all based on a respect for your right to form your own opinion. Walker's goal is not to make you share his values, but to give you the tools to clarify and advocate for yours. Walker has updated and expanded the book to deepen its explanations. His ongoing work as a network planning consultant has provided a wealth of new examples, images, and tools. New topics include the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or "demand response" services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete. Finally, he has also added a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit's success. Whether you are a professional or a concerned citizen, the revised edition of this accessible guide can help you to achieve successful public transit that will enrich any community. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | City planning |
| Community development | |
| Local transit | |
