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File Size: 21236 KB
Print Length: 244 pages
Publisher: Island Press (July 29, 2012)
Publication Date: July 29, 2012
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B008LVR1KM
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I heard this author speak at a panel discussion about urban transportation, and I knew immediately that I wanted more of his clear thoughts. I am not a transportation planner nor much of a user of transit systems. Yet I found this book fascinating all the way through. Walker writes clearly and divides his topics into chapters, each focused on a specific issue, in a way that the whole picture unfolds easily and naturally.Any politician or urban planner could benefit from Walker's insights. He does not prescribe solutions, but he describes the crucial choices that are always made, either by design or default. I hope that transit leaders in my home town of Seattle have this book handy when they are thinking about the future of our city.
Almost any discussion involving cities, whether it be about housing, inequality, race, business, or the environment will eventually turn to the topic of trasportation, access, and mobility. Jarrett Walker discusses the role of pubic transit in providing mobiity in urban, suburban, and even rural contexts. The book is structured around four questions that transportation departments, elected officials, and concerned citizens need to aslk themselves about what they want public transit to provide in their community. He goes on to talk about the implications of those choices on both transit and community planning. The material is logically presented, flows smoothly, contains interesting and appropriate real-world examples, and is unflinchingly grounded in reality.
Engagingly written, thoughtful and crystal clear, Human Transit is one of the best books I have read in urban planning. Skillfully laying out the issues, the trade-offs and the conundra facing transit planners, Walker covers a lot of ground with the geometric issues of transit design to operational considerations. He might have spent a little more time on the financial side, but that is just a phantom quibble (think of something negative to put in a review!).Hoping to see more from this author.
Firstly, this is a clear and well written book. It is not ‘technical’ or jargon ridden, it uses clear and direct terms. It sets out a set of fundamental choices in a very well-defined and logical manner. It considers all forms of human transit and how these all interconnect. It takes a forward and workable view of the future for many urban areas. It does not take any sides or promote one form of transit system, which is quite liberating. It is not anti-car but does point out the many advantages of the more mixed transit mode era in which we live.For each of the choices offered it explains them with good strong and distinct examples form many parts of the world, so it is grounded in the current reality. It make one dogmatic proposals but expects that the reality will end up being a bit messier than the pure intent. It acknowledges that in a democratic society, politics is a very strong force and that planners need to bring along public opinion or at least their representatives to any changes that they propose to improve the current situation where you live.Well recommended for anybody interesting in transit and it ability to transform the lives of citizens and the urban landscape that we live for the better.
This book is one of the most clearly written guides to understanding public transit I have found. In it Jarret Walker describes in clear, jargon-free language the basic principles of planning and implementing a public transit system. He talks about the human, technical and even political factors that shape how different transit modes are chosen and networks developed. More importantly, Walker desribes the function and purpose of transit, so that readers can understand when a particular transit choice will be appropriate.I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in transport planning, whether a professional or interested citizen. It should be compulsory reading for every traffic engineer (and yes, I am a traffic engineer).
I'm a County Commissioner in Hillsborugh County, FL (Tampa). Sadly, we have the most underfunded transit system in the nation for a metro area our size (even by comparisons in Florida). I'm on every local and regional transit board in this area and as an elected official I'm stunned by the lack of information we have about transit. Jarret Walker's blog has been an invaluable resource. It's really a must read for anyone who wants to know how their community can build a better transit system. Walker has fundamentally transformed the transit discussion. Buy it, read it and then read it again and again.
Jarrett presents the issues faced by anyone who cares about transit (and I include laymen, citizen activists, planners and politicians) in clear - and occasionally stark - terms that anyone can understand. He avoids jargon wherever he can: and when he can't, he defines the terms he must use well.I particularly appreciated his simple diagrams which he skillfully combines with real world examples.Finally, he (at least in this book) isn't partisan. There are tough decisions faced in considering transit, many of which are between two (or more) contradictory goals. He explains them well, but doesn't try to force you towards his preferred answer. Indeed, he explicitly recognizes that these are fundamentally political decisions and, as such, lays out the planner's duty to both inform the politicians on the need for (and consequences of) fundamental decisions and to design a system that follows once the political decisions are made.
I'm convinced that few other people in the world know as much about public transit as Jarrett Walker. He brilliantly exposes many of the truths in transit design that other planners and agencies seem to forget. This book should be mandatory reading for anyone in the field of public transit -- the planners, the bean counters, and the passengers. Only when you have a full understanding of the constraints, the benefits, and the implications of transit decisions can you arrive at the best solution. This book is a cornerstone of that process.
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