Human Transit by Walker, Jarrett -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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About Island Press Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 - WHAT TRANSIT IS AND DOES

TRANSIT’S ROLE IN A COLLABORATION OF MODES FIXED OR FLEXIBLE? PERSONAL MOBILITY: THE FREEDOM TO MOVE

2 - WHAT MAKES TRANSIT USEFUL? SEVEN DEMANDS AND HOW TRANSIT SERVES THEM

OUR SEVEN DEMANDS THE ELEMENTS OF USEFUL SERVICE THE SEVEN PHASES OF A TRIP How Much Does Each Phase Matter?

3 - FIVE PATHS TO CONFUSION

MAP-READING ERRORS MOTORIST’S ERRORS BOX ERRORS AND FALSE DICHOTOMIES POLARIZATION ERRORS UNFORTUNATE CONNOTATIONS

4 - LINES, LOOPS, AND LONGING

THE DIRECTNESS IMPERATIVE THE LINE AND THE CITY BARRIERS AND CHOKEPOINTS BASIC ROUTE SHAPES: I, U, S, AND O LOOPS AND LONGING LIFE AFTER LOOPS

5 - TOUCHING THE CITY: STOPS AND STATIONS

COVERAGE OF A STOP EXPRESS, RAPID, OR LOCAL? THE RAPID REVOLUTION LINE SPACING IS STOP SPACING

6 - PEAK OR ALL DAY?

PEAKING: HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENS TWO WAYS TO THINK ABOUT PEAKS THE COSTS OF PEAK-ONLY SERVICE THE PLUMBER’S QUESTION: PEAK OR ALL DAY? PEAK COMMUTERS OR EVERYONE?

7 - FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM

DANGERS ON THE MAP FREQUENT NETWORK BRANDING: SELLING WHAT MATTERS WHAT RIVERS TEACH: BRANCHING AND DISSIPATION

8 - THE OBSTACLE COURSE: SPEED, DELAY, AND RELIABILITY

THE REAL PROBLEM: DELAY THREE SOURCES OF ROUTINE DELAY AND THREE KINDS OF RUNNING WAY THE SEVEN DEADLY DELAYS THE CASE FOR TRANSIT LANES THE “EMPTY” TRANSIT LANE PROBLEM

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

10 - RIDERSHIP OR COVERAGE? THE CHALLENGE OF SERVICE ALLOCATION

DENSEVILLE AND SPARSEVILLE: UNAVOIDABLE CHOICES DENSEVILLE’S INTENSIFICATION EFFECTS WHAT ABOUT JOB DENSITY? FROM GEOMETRY TO POLICY FROM POLICY TO NETWORK ANSWERING THE PLUMBER’S QUESTION: SERVICE ALLOCATION POLICIES THE FEEDBACK LOOP: DENSITY, SERVICE, AND RIDERSHIP

11 - CAN FARES BE FAIR?

TRANSIT SUBSIDIES VERSUS CAR SUBSIDIES SHOULD FARES BE FREE? FARE STRUCTURE: THE HARD QUESTIONS WHAT SMARTCARDS DO SHOULD FARES BE FREE OR DISCOUNTED OUTSIDE THE PEAK? TIME-BASED OR DISTANCE-BASED FARES? FARES AND CONNECTIONS BEYOND FAIR FARES?

12 - CONNECTIONS OR COMPLEXITY?

THE RARE MANY-TO-ONE NETWORK CONNECTIONS BUY FREQUENCY CONNECTIONS FREE US FROM COMPLEXITY THE FULL PRICE OF CONNECTION AVOIDANCE

13 - FROM CONNECTIONS TO NETWORKS TO PLACES

FINDING YOUR PULSE HIGH-FREQUENCY CONNECTIONS: FROM PULSES TO GRIDS THE JOY OF GRIDS THREE REASONS FOR A CONNECTION FROM CONNECTIONS TO URBAN FORM

14 - BE ON THE WAY! TRANSIT IMPLICATIONS OF LOCATION CHOICE

RECOGNIZING TRANSIT-FRIENDLY PLACES A FEW ASSUMPTIONS MOLONGLO: A CASE STUDY IN TRANSIT-FRIENDLY SUBURBAN STRUCTURE

15 - ON THE BOULEVARD

THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR BOULEVARD TRANSIT: CONGESTION A BOULEVARD OF THE FUTURE

16 - TAKE THE LONG VIEW EPILOGUE: - GEOMETRY, CHOICES, FREEDOM NOTES INDEX Island Press | Board of Directors