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u/cinemabaroque · 15 pointsr/urbanplanning

Jarret Walker is awesome, he has an excellent semi-lay introduction to transit theory called Human Transit that I highly recommend.

u/cirrus42 · 10 pointsr/transit
  1. To learn about what US transit systems look like on the ground today, read Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit by Christof Spieler.

  2. To learn about how bus planning works and what makes good bus planning, read Human Transit by Jarrett Walker.
u/vitingo · 8 pointsr/transit

If you have the technical skills, make maps. I'm a programmer, so I made a transit app for my local system. Get in touch with other transit advocates in your area. Perhaps you can agree on some low hanging fixes and lobby for them. Deepen your understanding of the problem, I suggest Human Transit and The High Cost of Free Parking

u/pierretong · 5 pointsr/raleigh

First of all - if Durham doesn't pay for the Durham County part, the project is dead. The plan says that Garner to RTP is not feasible and the project would have to go from Garner to Durham so that it can connect all the urban centers in the area. You don't think there is enough density in downtown Raleigh, downtown Durham to support the plan? Don't count out rail as well for driving dense developments near stations as well since it'll be a convenience to live near the stations. As for the airport, well they're using existing track and the closest it gets to the airport is Morrisville so there will be shuttles from there to the airport. We're talking about a low budget rail option here and a spur to the airport would be expensive (not to mention the airport has been resistant to expanded public transportation options due to parking revenues)

I think that some off-road aspect of a transit plan is necessary - yes, it is expensive but it is far less expensive than building a light rail option from scratch like Durham/Chapel Hill. If traffic is the driving point to build out our transit system, why force all the options to use the roads that are going to be congested even further in a few years? That just doesn't make sense to me.

The consultant who worked on the plan - Jarrett Walker - is one of the leaders when it comes to developing transit systems and has worked on transit plans around the world in different countries so I trust that they know what they're doing (http://jarrettwalker.com/places/). If you're interested in reading about transit, he wrote a good book about different theories, decisions and strategies that transit planners deal with: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1597269727/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

u/keenbrowne · 3 pointsr/Seattle

If you haven't already, I recommend reading Jarret Walker's blog and book
http://www.humantransit.org/
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Transit-Clearer-Thinking-Communities/dp/1597269727/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317087860&sr=1-1

Also, a search of http://seattletransitblog.com/ will turn up a lot of discussion on streetcars versus buses versus lightrail versus commuter trains versus traditional subways.

u/TallForAStormtrooper · 3 pointsr/urbanplanning

If you haven't read it already, Jarrett Walker's book Human Transit is a must to understand the how and why of transit.
https://www.amazon.com/Human-Transit-Clearer-Thinking-Communities/dp/1597269727/

It sounds like you're wanting a network which is ridership-driven rather than coverage-driven (this is explained in the book, but it's what it sounds like. Many small city networks aim to serve people who cannot drive with winding, inefficient routes which serve a large area. Other cities try to carry the most people with efficient routes and either miss some people who need transit or serve them with paratransit instead).

From a quick perusal of the WRTA website, it looks like most routes are reasonably direct and run every 30-60 minutes. This sounds to me like a network that is trying to be ridership-driven, albeit with limited resources. More frequency on busy routes would spur a lot of ridership by making the bus a viable option for casual trip that require no planning ahead -- just show up and wait for the next bus which runs every 10-15 minutes.

I didn't see a ridership report by line; that would be needed for any scheming of how to redesign the network or add frequency.