Human transit : how clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives / / Jarrett Walker ; illustrations by Eric Orozco ... [et al.].

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:x, 244 p. :; ill., maps.
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245 1 0 |a Human transit  |h [electronic resource] :  |b how clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives /  |c Jarrett Walker ; illustrations by Eric Orozco ... [et al.]. 
260 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Island Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a x, 244 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a What transit is and does -- What makes transit useful? Seven demands and how transit serves them -- Five paths to confusion -- Lines, loops, and longing -- Touching the city: stops and stations -- Peak or all day? -- Frequency is freedom -- The obstacle course: speed, delay, and reliability -- Density distractions -- Ridership or coverage? The challenge of service allocation -- Can fares be fair? -- Connections or complexity? -- From connections to networks to places -- Be on the way! Transit implications of location choice -- On the boulevard -- Take the long view. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Local transit. 
650 0 |a City planning. 
650 0 |a Community development. 
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