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Trains, Buses, People Christof Spieler

Trains, Buses, People By Christof Spieler

Trains, Buses, People by Christof Spieler


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The popular Trains, Buses, People has been updated to include Canada and new US cities, with an added analysis of the impact of poverty on transit systems.

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Trains, Buses, People: 2021 by Christof Spieler

In some US and Canadian cities, transit has quietly been expanding and improving over the last few years, despite funding and ridership challenges. How do we assess the advances and failures of our current systems to move forward strategically and wisely? The first edition of Trains, Buses, People was dubbed a transit wonk's bible and guided a smarter conversation about urban transit in the US. This second edition is fully updated and expanded to include eight Canadian cities and two new US cities (Indianapolis and San Juan, Puerto Rico). In Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, transit expert and transportation hero Christof Spieler provides a new section on inclusivity to help agencies understand how to welcome riders regardless of race, gender, income, or disability. Select cities include new maps overlaying transit and poverty data, and systems that have started construction since the first edition in 2018 have been added. Other new sections address network typologies, guideway types, station types, and fares. Spieler has spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He strongly believes that just about anyone-regardless of training or experience-can identify what makes good transit with the right information. In the fun, accessible, and visually appealing Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, Spieler shows how cities can build successful transit. He profiles the 49 metropolitan areas in the US and eight metropolitan areas in Canada that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. Spieler ranks the best and worst systems and he offers analysis of how geography, politics, and history complicate transit planning. He shows how the unique circumstances of every city have resulted in very different transit systems. Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition is intended for non-experts-it will help any citizen, professional, or policymaker with a vested interest evaluate a transit proposal and understand what makes transit effective. It shows that it is possible, with the right tools, to build good transit.

About Christof Spieler

Christof Spieler, PE, AICP, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a Lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010 to 2018.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Transit Where the People Are What Transit Does Well Why We Get It Wrong PART 1: How Transit Works The History of Transit Drawing a Line Networks Modes Guideways Stations Fares Governance Funding Riders and Destinations Hopes and Fears PART 2: Basics of Successful Transit Density Activity Walkability Connectivity Frequency Travel Time Reliability Capacity Legibility Inclusivity Good Ideas from Abroad PART 3: Metro Areas Best and the Worst Intercity Rail The 57 Metro Areas in the United States and Canada that have rail transit or BRT Conclusion: A Transit Agenda Index

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CIN1642832138G
9781642832136
1642832138
Trains, Buses, People: 2021 by Christof Spieler
Used - Good
Paperback
Island Press
2021-09-30
336
N/A
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