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how clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives
x, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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.
Jarrett Walker ; illustrations by Eric Orozco [and others].
Includes bibliographical references and index.