Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

摘要

Unlike many other books on transit or urban transportation planning in the United States (e.g., Edward Weiner), this book is unique because it focuses on the core challenges to meeting the needs of transit passengers. These challenges include: 1. the need to run an efficient transit system, so that people choose transit for most trips 2. the need for a quality pedestrian system in high density residential areas that can support transit riders 3. the need to modify the existing transit system that is dominated by fixed route services representing 99 percent of the service, with 1 percent flexible service mainly for low income and or disabled persons 4. the need for cycle routes to complement transit with storage at stations.