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

Transportation expert Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus on the underlying geometry that all transit systems share. In Human Transit, Revised Edition, he provides the basic tools and critical questions needed to make smarter decisions about designing and implementing services, refreshed with updated information and examples.

The first edition of Human Transit, published in 2011, has become a classic for professionals, advocates, and interested citizens. No other book explains the basic principles of public transit in such lively and accessible prose, all based on a respect for your right to form your own opinion. Walker’s goal is not to make you share his values, but to give you the tools to clarify and advocate for yours. 

Walker has updated and expanded the book to deepen its explanations. His ongoing work as a network planning consultant has provided a wealth of new examples, images, and tools. New topics include the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or “demand response” services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete.  Finally, he has also added a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit’s success.

Whether you are a professional or a concerned citizen, the revised edition of this accessible guide can help you to achieve successful public transit that will enrich any community.

 

From the Publisher

Figure 6-1 from Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit, Revised Edition

Figure 6-1 Acces radii.

Figure 8-4 from Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit, Revised Edition

Figure 8-4 . Lower Mississippi River system. (Credit: PJ Houser)

Figure 12-2 from Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit, Revised Editon

Figure 12-2 .Direct Service Option for the simple city of figure 12-1. (Credit:Albert Twu, PJ Houser)

Figure 15-2 from Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit, Revised Editon

Figure 15-2: A bike–ped link piercing a cul-de-sac creates a walkable pedestrian grid (right). Without it, the cul-de-sac requires long walks between homes and bus stops, discouraging ridership (left). (Credit: Eric Orozco)

Human Transit Rev. Ed. | Figure 6-1 Acces radii.

Human Transit, Rev. Ed. | Figure 8-4 . Lower Mississippi River system. (Credit: PJ Houser)

Figure 12-2 .Direct Service Option for the simple city of figure 12-1. (Credit:Albert Twu, PJ Houser)

Figure 15-2: A bike–ped link piercing a cul-de-sac creates a walkable pedestrian grid (right). Without it, discouraging ridership (left). (Credit: Eric Orozco)

Figure 10-1 from Human Transit, Rev. Ed. by Jarrett Walker

Figure 10-1 . Denseville and Sparseville. (Credit: Erin Walsh, PJ Houser)

Human Transit, Revised Edition by Jarrett Walker

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW1CSRSH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Island Press (February 6, 2024)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 6, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5.5 MB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 349 pages