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1 online resource |
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""HUMAN TRANSIT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHO IS THE PUBLIC? WHO IS AN EXPERT?""; ""LISTEN TO YOUR PLUMBER: VALUES VERSUS EXPERTISE""; ""TECHNOLOGY: TOOL OR GOAL?""; ""TRANSIT AND URBAN FORM""; ""WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU?""; ""WHERE ARE YOU?""; ""WHO ARE “WE�? WHO DECIDES?""; ""RESPECT FOR TRANSIT""; ""Chapter 1: WHAT TRANSIT IS AND DOES""; ""TRANSIT�S ROLE IN A COLLABORATION OF MODES""; ""FIXED OR FLEXIBLE?""; ""PERSONAL MOBILITY: THE FREEDOM TO MOVE""; ""Chapter 2: WHAT MAKES TRANSIT USEFUL?SEVEN DEMANDS AND HOWTRANSIT SERVES THEM""; ""OUR SEVEN DEMANDS"" |
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""Side Issues and Side Effects""""THE ELEMENTS OF USEFUL SERVICE""; ""Demand 1: “It Takes Me Where I Want to Go�""; ""Demand 2: “It Takes Me When I Want To Go�""; ""Demand 3: “It Is a Good Use of My Time�""; ""Demand 4: “It Is a Good Use of My Money�""; ""Demand 5: “It Respects Me�""; ""Demand 6: “I Can Trust It�""; ""Demand 7: “It Gives Me Freedom (to Change My Plans)�""; ""THE SEVEN PHASES OF A TRIP""; ""How Much Does Each Phase Matter?""; ""Chapter 3: FIVE PATHS TO CONFUSION""; ""MAP-READING ERRORS""; ""MOTORIST�S ERRORS""; ""BOX ERRORS AND FALSE DICHOTOMIES"" |
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POLARIZATION ERRORSUNFORTUNATE CONNOTATIONS -- Chapter 4: LINES, LOOPS, AND LONGING -- THE DIRECTNESS IMPERATIVE -- THE LINE AND THE CITY -- BARRIERS AND CHOKEPOINTS -- BASIC ROUTE SHAPES: I, U, S, AND O -- U-shapes and the To/Via Problem -- LOOPS AND LONGING -- The Perils of One-Way Service -- Breaking Out of Loops -- LIFE AFTER LOOPS -- Chapter 5: TOUCHING THE CITY:STOPS AND STATIONS -- COVERAGE OF A STOP -- EXPRESS, RAPID, OR LOCAL? -- THE RAPID REVOLUTION -- LINE SPACING IS STOP SPACING -- Chapter 6: PEAK OR ALL DAY? |
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""PEAKING: HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENS""""TWO WAYS TO THINK ABOUT PEAKS""; ""THE COSTS OF PEAK-ONLY SERVICE""; ""Labor Costs""; ""Fleet Costs""; ""THE PLUMBER�S QUESTION: PEAK OR ALL DAY?PEAK COMMUTERS OR EVERYONE?""; ""Chapter 7: FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM""; ""DANGERS ON THE MAP""; ""FREQUENT NETWORK BRANDING: SELLING WHAT MATTERS""; ""WHAT RIVERS TEACH: BRANCHING AND DISSIPATION""; ""Chapter 8: THE OBSTACLE COURSE:SPEED, DELAY, AND RELIABILITY""; ""THE REAL PROBLEM: DELAY""; ""THREE SOURCES OF ROUTINE DELAY AND THREE KINDSOF RUNNING WAY""; ""THE SEVEN DEADLY DELAYS""; ""THE CASE FOR TRANSIT LANES"" |
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""THE “EMPTY� TRANSIT LANE PROBLEM""""chapter 9: DENSITY DISTRACTIONS""; ""DENSITY AND EMOTION""; ""DENSITY�S MEASUREMENT PROBLEM""; ""DENSITY BY AREA OR BY POPULATION?""; ""IS LOW DENSITY A PROBLEM FOR TRANSIT? IT DEPENDS""; ""Chapter 10: RIDERSHIP OR COVERAGE?THE CHALLENGE OF SERVICEALLOCATION""; ""DENSEVILLE AND SPARSEVILLE: UNAVOIDABLE CHOICES""; ""DENSEVILLE�S INTENSIFICATION EFFECTS""; ""WHAT ABOUT JOB DENSITY?""; ""FROM GEOMETRY TO POLICY""; ""The Coverage Goal""; ""The Equity Goal: A Compromise?""; ""The Ridership Goal""; ""FROM POLICY TO NETWORK"" |
| Summary |
Annotation 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. In Human 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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Local transit.
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City planning.
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Community development.
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local transit.
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community development.
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City planning
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Community development
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Local transit
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781610911740 |
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1610911741 |
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9781610911573 |
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1610911571 |
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