Human transit : how clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives / Jarrett Walker ; ilustraciones de Eric Orozco [et al.].

Incluye índice.

What transit is, and does -- What makes transit useful? Seven demands and how transit serves them -- Five paths to confusion -- Lines, loops, and longing -- Touching the city: stops and stations -- Peak or all day? -- Frequency is freedom -- The obstacle course: speed, delay, and reliability -- Density and its dangers -- Ridership or coverage? The challenge of service allocation -- Can fares be fair? -- Connections or complexity? -- From connections to networks, to places -- Be on the way! Transit implications of location choice -- On the boulevard -- Take the long view.