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Human Transit:

How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

ISBN-13: 9781597269728
Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
By Jarrett Walker
Price: AUD $67.99
Stock: 27 in stock
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Local release date: 13/02/2012
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 153.00mm) 255 pages Weight: 360g
Categories: Transport planning & policy [RPT]

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Google Preview: Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. Part of the problem is that transit debates attract many kinds of experts, who often talk past each other. Ordinary people listen to a little of this and decide that transit is impossible to figure out.

Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus first on the underlying geometry that all transit technologies share. InHuman Transit, Walker supplies the basic tools, the critical questions, and the means to make smarter decisions about designing and implementing transit services.

Human Transit explains the fundamental geometry of transit that shapes successful systems; the process for fitting technology to a particular community; and the local choices that lead to transit-friendly development. Whether you are in the field or simply a concerned citizen, here is an accessible guide to achieving successful public transit that will enrich any community.; Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1. What Transit Is and Does
Chapter 2. What Makes Transit Useful? Seven Demands and How Transit Serves Them
Chapter 3. Five Paths to Confusion
Chapter 4. Lines, Loops, and Longing
Chapter 5. Touching the City: Stops and Stations
Chapter 6. Peak or All Day?
Chapter 7. Frequency Is Freedom
Chapter 8. The Obstacle Course: Speed, Delay, and Reliability
Chapter 9. Density Distractions
Chapter 10. Ridership or Coverage? The Challenge of Service Allocation
Chapter 11. Can Fares Be Fair?
Chapter 12. Connections or Complexity?
Chapter 13. From Connections to Networks to Places
Chapter 14. Be on the Way! Transit Implications of Location Choice
Chapter 15. On the Boulevard
Chapter 16. Take the Long View

Epilogue: Geometry, Choices, Freedom
Notes
Index; "Human Transit is well organized with short chapters and clear diagrams to illustrate some of the more complex concepts ... Walker does a good job of avoiding transportation planning jargon and makes careful choices about terminology... His writing style makes it easy to understand types of running ways, the reasons agencies are concerned about farebox returns, and the benefits of new technologies such as Smartcards."; Google Preview content

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