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

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Jarrett (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : San Francsico : Island Press, INscribe Digital [distributor] Dec. 2011 ;
Temas:
Local transit.
City planning.
Community development.
Transports publics.
Développement communautaire.
local transit.
community development.
City planning
Community development
Local transit
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""HUMAN TRANSIT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHO IS THE PUBLIC? WHO IS AN EXPERT?""; ""LISTEN TO YOUR PLUMBER: VALUES VERSUS EXPERTISE""; ""TECHNOLOGY: TOOL OR GOAL?""; ""TRANSIT AND URBAN FORM""; ""WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU?""; ""WHERE ARE YOU?""; ""WHO ARE “WEâ€?? WHO DECIDES?""; ""RESPECT FOR TRANSIT""; ""Chapter 1: WHAT TRANSIT IS AND DOES""; ""TRANSITâ€?S ROLE IN A COLLABORATION OF MODES""; ""FIXED OR FLEXIBLE?""; ""PERSONAL MOBILITY: THE FREEDOM TO MOVE""; ""Chapter 2: WHAT MAKES TRANSIT USEFUL?SEVEN DEMANDS AND HOWTRANSIT SERVES THEM""; ""OUR SEVEN DEMANDS""
  • ""Side Issues and Side Effects""""THE ELEMENTS OF USEFUL SERVICE""; ""Demand 1: “It Takes Me Where I Want to Goâ€?""; ""Demand 2: “It Takes Me When I Want To Goâ€?""; ""Demand 3: “It Is a Good Use of My Timeâ€?""; ""Demand 4: “It Is a Good Use of My Moneyâ€?""; ""Demand 5: “It Respects Meâ€?""; ""Demand 6: “I Can Trust Itâ€?""; ""Demand 7: “It Gives Me Freedom (to Change My Plans)â€?""; ""THE SEVEN PHASES OF A TRIP""; ""How Much Does Each Phase Matter?""; ""Chapter 3: FIVE PATHS TO CONFUSION""; ""MAP-READING ERRORS""; ""MOTORISTâ€?S ERRORS""; ""BOX ERRORS AND FALSE DICHOTOMIES""
  • POLARIZATION ERRORSUNFORTUNATE CONNOTATIONS
  • Chapter 4: LINES, LOOPS, AND LONGING
  • THE DIRECTNESS IMPERATIVE
  • THE LINE AND THE CITY
  • BARRIERS AND CHOKEPOINTS
  • BASIC ROUTE SHAPES: I, U, S, AND O
  • U-shapes and the To/Via Problem
  • LOOPS AND LONGING
  • The Perils of One-Way Service
  • Breaking Out of Loops
  • LIFE AFTER LOOPS
  • Chapter 5: TOUCHING THE CITY:STOPS AND STATIONS
  • COVERAGE OF A STOP
  • EXPRESS, RAPID, OR LOCAL?
  • THE RAPID REVOLUTION
  • LINE SPACING IS STOP SPACING
  • Chapter 6: PEAK OR ALL DAY?
  • ""PEAKING: HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENS""""TWO WAYS TO THINK ABOUT PEAKS""; ""THE COSTS OF PEAK-ONLY SERVICE""; ""Labor Costs""; ""Fleet Costs""; ""THE PLUMBERâ€?S QUESTION: PEAK OR ALL DAY?PEAK COMMUTERS OR EVERYONE?""; ""Chapter 7: FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM""; ""DANGERS ON THE MAP""; ""FREQUENT NETWORK BRANDING: SELLING WHAT MATTERS""; ""WHAT RIVERS TEACH: BRANCHING AND DISSIPATION""; ""Chapter 8: THE OBSTACLE COURSE:SPEED, DELAY, AND RELIABILITY""; ""THE REAL PROBLEM: DELAY""; ""THREE SOURCES OF ROUTINE DELAY AND THREE KINDSOF RUNNING WAY""; ""THE SEVEN DEADLY DELAYS""; ""THE CASE FOR TRANSIT LANES""
  • ""THE “EMPTYâ€? TRANSIT LANE PROBLEM""""chapter 9: DENSITY DISTRACTIONS""; ""DENSITY AND EMOTION""; ""DENSITYâ€?S MEASUREMENT PROBLEM""; ""DENSITY BY AREA OR BY POPULATION?""; ""IS LOW DENSITY A PROBLEM FOR TRANSIT? IT DEPENDS""; ""Chapter 10: RIDERSHIP OR COVERAGE?THE CHALLENGE OF SERVICEALLOCATION""; ""DENSEVILLE AND SPARSEVILLE: UNAVOIDABLE CHOICES""; ""DENSEVILLEâ€?S INTENSIFICATION EFFECTS""; ""WHAT ABOUT JOB DENSITY?""; ""FROM GEOMETRY TO POLICY""; ""The Coverage Goal""; ""The Equity Goal: A Compromise?""; ""The Ridership Goal""; ""FROM POLICY TO NETWORK""

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