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Trains, buses, people : an opinionated atlas of US transit /

In Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit, transportation expert Christof Spieler shows how cities can build successful transit. He profiles the 47 metropolitan areas in the US that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. The best and worst syst...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spieler, Christof (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Transit where the people are
  • Part 1: The role of transit in the US. What transit does well ; The history of transit ; Modes ; Hope and fears ; Funding and government
  • Part 2: Basics of successful transit. Density ; Activity ; Walkability ; Connectivity ; Frequency ; Travel time ; Reliability ; Capacity ; Legibility ; Good ideas from abroad
  • Part 3: Metro areas. The best and the worst ; The 47 transit areas 1. New York (NY); 2. Los Angeles (CA); 3. Chicago (IL); 4. Washington, DC; 5. San Francisco (CA); 6. Boston (MA).
  • 7. Dallas (TX); 8. Philadelphia (PA); 9. Miami (FL); 10. Houston (TX); 11. Atlanta (GA); 12. Detroit (MI); 13. Seattle (WA); 14. Phoenix (AZ); 15. Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN); 16. Cleveland (OH); 17. Denver (CO); 18. San Diego (CA); 19. Portland (OR); 20. Orlando (FL); 21. Tampa (FL); 22. St. Louis (MO); 23. Pittsburgh (PA); 24. Charlotte (NC); 25. Sacramento (CA); 26. Salt Lake City (UT); 27. Kansas City (KS); 28. Las Vegas (NV); 29. Cincinnati (OH); 30. Milwaukee (WI); 31. Austin (TX); 32. Nashville (TN); 33. Norfolk (VA); 34. Jacksonville (FL); 35. Hartford (CT); 36. New Orleans (LA).
  • 37. Oklahoma City (OK)38. Memphis (TN); 39. Richmond (VA); 40. Buffalo (NY); 41. Albuquerque (NM); 42. Tucson (AZ); 43. El Paso (TX); 44. Honolulu (HI); 45. Little Rock (AR); 46. Eugene (OR); 47. Fort Collins (CO-- Conclusion: A transit agenda for the future of our cities.