
Ebook: Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking About Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives
Author: Jarrett Walker (auth.)
- Tags: Sustainable Development, Urbanism, Urban Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
- Language: English
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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-11
What Transit Is and Does....Pages 13-21
What Makes Transit Useful? Seven Demands and How Transit Serves Them....Pages 23-37
Five Paths to Confusion....Pages 39-46
Lines, Loops, and Longing....Pages 47-58
Touching the City: Stops and Stations....Pages 59-71
Peak or All Day?....Pages 73-84
Frequency Is Freedom....Pages 85-96
The Obstacle Course: Speed, Delay, and Reliability....Pages 97-107
Density Distractions....Pages 109-115
Ridership or Coverage? The Challenge of Service Allocation....Pages 117-134
Can Fares Be Fair?....Pages 135-145
Connections or Complexity?....Pages 147-161
From Connections to Networks to Places....Pages 163-179
Be on the Way! Transit Implications of Location Choice....Pages 181-204
On the Boulevard....Pages 205-214
Take The Long View....Pages 215-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-244
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-11
What Transit Is and Does....Pages 13-21
What Makes Transit Useful? Seven Demands and How Transit Serves Them....Pages 23-37
Five Paths to Confusion....Pages 39-46
Lines, Loops, and Longing....Pages 47-58
Touching the City: Stops and Stations....Pages 59-71
Peak or All Day?....Pages 73-84
Frequency Is Freedom....Pages 85-96
The Obstacle Course: Speed, Delay, and Reliability....Pages 97-107
Density Distractions....Pages 109-115
Ridership or Coverage? The Challenge of Service Allocation....Pages 117-134
Can Fares Be Fair?....Pages 135-145
Connections or Complexity?....Pages 147-161
From Connections to Networks to Places....Pages 163-179
Be on the Way! Transit Implications of Location Choice....Pages 181-204
On the Boulevard....Pages 205-214
Take The Long View....Pages 215-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-244
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