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Human Transit, Revised Edition : How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives.

Walker, Jarrett.
2024
HE4211
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Title
Human Transit, Revised Edition : How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives.
Author
Walker, Jarrett.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781642833065
9781642833058
Published
Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (290 pages).
Call Number
HE4211
Dewey Decimal Classification
388.4
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.
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Transit Is and Does
Chapter 2: What Makes Transit Useful?
Chapter 3: The Wall around Your Life
Chapter 4: A Bunch of Random Strangers
Chapter 5: Lines, Loops, and Longing
Chapter 6: Touching the City
Chapter 7: Peak or All Day?
Chapter 8: Frequency Is Freedom
Chapter 9: The Obstacle Course
Chapter 10: Ridership or Coverage?
Chapter 11: Can Fares Be Fair?
Chapter 12: Connections or Complexity?
Chapter 13: From Connections to Networks to Places
Chapter 14: Network Design and Redesign
Chapter 15: Be on the Way!
Chapter 16: On the Boulevard
Chapter 17: Take the Long View
Epilogue: Geometry, Choices, Freedom
Acknowlegments
Notes
Index
About the Author.

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