Human transit
by Jarrett Walker · first published 2011
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"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 tr
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…Vanderbilt - Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do Anthony Downs - Stuck in Traffic (and the follow-up, Still Stuck in Traffic) Donald Shoup - The High Cost of Free Parking And of course Jarrett Walker's Human Transit :-) EDIT: The rationale is that all of these engagingly explain something interesting that isn't necessarily intuitive or apparent to regular everyday users of the transportation system.
on “Human Transit (2011)” ↗+10000000000 points for all this from a guy with a Masters in Urban Planning. Also, anyone interested in this should be reading the blog Human Transit. http://www.humantransit.org/ or buy his new book by the same name http://www.amazon.com/o/asin/1597269727. He focuses less on the differences between bus and light rail (unimportant distinction) and…
on “Cars kill cities” ↗For people here who are interested in transit, I highly recommend Jarrett Walker's book "Human Transit". He really focuses the conversation around a few ideas that almost everyone can agree on (and uses them to focus & have productive conversations in transit agencies) https://humantransit.org/ Last…
on “NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', experts say” ↗…some good mass-market books that explore basic concepts and contemporary issues in transportation planning. In order, I'd suggest Traffic by Vanderbilt, The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup, and Human Transit by Jarrett Walker (disclaimer, I had a minor role in reviewing the latter). All three are written with a minimum of jargon, and all three will give you a flavor for the kinds of things planners think…
on “Ask HN: Are There any Interesting Jobs in Traffic Engineering for a CS Major?” ↗