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"Intelligent, refreshing, balanced and richly mindful of the unique settings of individual communities."
-- Douglas MacDonald ― former Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation

"Human Transit provides practical guidance for urban public transit system development in prose that is clear and entertaining without being simplistic. This book should be useful to anybody involved in public transit planning, design, or advocacy."
-- Todd Litman ― Victoria Transport Policy Institute

"This book gives professionals, pundits and the citizenry the tools to have conversations that lead to real solutions rather than confrontations."
-- Terry Lee-Williams ― Transport and Access Manager, City of Sydney, Australia

"Jarrett Walker pulls transit out of its specialist silo and treats it in layman's terms, as an embodiment of shared values and a partial answer to the vital question 'what kind of city do you want?' Human Transit is an engrossing narrative that explains the real choices that informed citizens need to make."
-- Ken Greenberg ― author of Walking Home: the Life and Lessons of a City Builder

"It's difficult to categorize Jarrett Walker's excellent new book, Human Transit. It's not quite for a popular audience, though it's written with engaging ease. It's not for academics, though it's as thorough as most published research and far more approachable. It's not strictly for a policy audience, though it's fresh grist for any transit wonk's mill. Its closest literary cousin may be a good language book, for it feels capable of teaching anyone, beginner or beyond, to speak Transit more fluently."
― The Atlantic Cities

"Human Transit is a choice addition for any social issues or urban development collection."
― Midwest Book Review

"Walker leads the reader through these intricate considerations with dexterity and thoroughness."
― Planning

"Walker...has produced a well-written, totally nonpolemical, very readable book describing the many tradeoffs to be considered in meeting local goals for providing transit service."
― CHOICE

"Walker takes complicated and often technical subjects and presents them to the reader in layman's terms."
― Urban Review STL

"Human Transit... presents itself as a sort of Public Transportation for Dummies, explaining in abstract, but remarkably clear, terms the logic that governs public transit systems and the choices—some technical, some ethical—that transit planners and operators make." ― California Planning & Development Report

"Once in a while, a book comes along that summarizes most of what's important about a particular subject, and it does so in a way that's lucid and effortless. One such book is Jarrett Walker's Human Transit…This is an easy read. You can go through the whole book in a few hours. That makes its lessons more likely to be absorbed. Human Transit will serve you well as a source you can turn to for reference in the future. It will also make you a better new urbanist." ― Better! Cities & Towns

"Human Transit is well organized with short chapters and clear diagrams to illustrate some of the more complex concepts ... Walker does a good job of avoiding transportation planning jargon and makes careful choices about terminology... His writing style makes it easy to understand types of running ways, the reasons agencies are concerned about farebox returns, and the benefits of new technologies such as Smartcards."
― Journal of Planning Education and Research

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In Human Transit, noted blogger and consultant Jarrett Walker supplies the basic tools, the critical questions, and the means to make smarter decisions about designing and implementing transit services.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Island Press; First Edition (December 22, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1597269727
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1597269728
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Jarrett Walker

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Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy, and the author of the popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org. He is the founder of Jarrett Walker + Associates (jarrettwalker.com) in North America and is also Principal Consultant with MRCagney Consultants in Australia and New Zealand. He is a frequent public speaker and media commentator on public transit issues.

He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led countless major planning projects in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. All of these studies have dealt with improving public transit and its role in fostering better communities.

Born in 1962, he grew up in Portland, Oregon during the revolutionary 1970s, the era when Portland first made its decisive commitment to be a city for people rather than cars. Though always fascinated by transit, he went on to complete a Ph.D. in humanities and theatre arts at Stanford University before becoming a fulltime transit planner, and he retains a commitment to viewing transit and urban issues from both humanistic and technical perspectives.

He has lived in San Francisco, Paris, Sydney, and Vancouver, and is now based in Portland, Oregon.

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