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humantransit, 6 days ago to random

British buses outside London are often branded specifically to a route or route group, with advertising on the bus giving info on routing and frequency. I haven't noticed this elsewhere in Europe. Where else is it done routinely? #publictransport

humantransit, 2 months ago to random

Former journalist Joshua Tanzer is doing a really excellent newsletter helping progressive candidates think about how to convince people of things. Would be very useful for many of my advocate followers. https://thekeynewsletter.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

humantransit, 2 months ago to random

The next webinar on the new edition of my book Human Transit is tomorrow at 1-2:30 PM US Eastern [UTC-4], sponsored by Smart Growth Network and Maryland Dept of Planning. Details here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDMDP/bulletins/3896d57?reqfrom=share

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Save the date: Next webinar on the new edition of my book Human Transit is 3/21 at 1 pm US Eastern. Sponsored by @MdDPlanning. Details and registration here: https://planning.maryland.gov/Pages/OurEngagement/Webinars/planning-webinars.aspx #publictransit #publictransport

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Planning a UK/Ireland tour in June for the new edition of my book Human Transit. Open to ideas for places I could do presentations! (Haven't heard about the book? Read the preface here: https://humantransit.org/2024/01/human-transit-preface-to-the-new-edition.html)

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Los Angeles: There's still space in my April 10-11 transit planning course, for urbanism professionals broadly defined. It's free, thanks to Access LA. Details here: https://humantransit.org/2024/02/los-angeles-hold-the-date-two-day-course-in-public-transit-planning-april-10-11.html

humantransit, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Have you read the revised edition of my book Human Transit? If so, please consider writing an Amazon review. If not, read the preface here: https://humantransit.org/2024/01/human-transit-preface-to-the-new-edition.html

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Battery electric buses are "still in their infancy, actually." Milwaukee transit agency abandons plans for battery-electric fleet, due to high cost, manufacturers leaving US market. https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/02/28/transportation-transit-officials-done-with-battery-electric-buses/

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Our two-day courses in transit network planning are back! Next one is in Los Angeles in April, and it's free for city building professionals. Pls share. https://humantransit.org/2024/02/los-angeles-hold-the-date-two-day-course-in-public-transit-planning-april-10-11.html

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Any Wikipedia editors out there? My page needs some updating. I have written up some comments but get an "Unexpected Error" when I put them on the talk page. Contact me here or go to humantransit.org and click the envelope to email me.

MnemosyneSinger, 3 months ago to random

What if - hear me out -- what if we stopped tying people to trolley tracks and invested in public transportation?

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

That was fun! Here's the video of my chat with Steven Higashide about the new edition of my book. Thanks to Next City for sponsoring. Hope you enjoy. https://nextcity.org/webinars/jarrett-walker-on-human-transit/watch

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

ONE HOUR from now at 12 Eastern (UTC-15): Join me and @shigashide (author of Better Buses, Better Cities) to discuss the new edition of my book Human Transit. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gqHKNkb3

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

TOMORROW—Join transportation experts Jarrett Walker and Steven Higashide for a conversation on the newly revised edition of Walker's classic book HUMAN TRANSIT. Register for this Next City webinar and get your very own copy of the book 30% off!

https://nextcity.org/events/detail/jarrett-walker-on-human-transit #publictransit

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

The wisdom of Auckland, New Zealand's City Rail Link: It didn't include everyone's wish list, and is therefore actually happening. Fine piece by my former colleague Nicolas Reid. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aucklands-city-rail-link-fail-immediately-best-possible-nicolas-reid-f1uxe/

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

Are these two twitter polls measuring the same thing?

humantransit, 3 months ago to random

"His prose can be so unadorned ... that it stops you mid-page with its simple truthfulness." Canadian writer Taras Grescoe reviews the new edition of my book Human Transit. (The chicken, sad to report, has since passed away.) https://www.straphanger.blog/transit-for-the-human-race/

humantransit, 4 months ago to random

Public transit must plan for diversity, not specialization. It's not my headline, but Next City has an excerpt from one of the new chapters in the Revised Edition of my book Human Transit. Buy the book! https://nextcity.org/features/individualism-is-making-public-transit-worse-jarrett-walker

humantransit, 4 months ago to random

Here's an excerpt from the new Revised Edition of my book Human Transit: https://nextcity.org/features/individualism-is-making-public-transit-worse-jarrett-walker But there's more where that came from. Buy the book!

humantransit, 4 months ago to random

Great David Zipper interview of me at Bloomberg CityLab: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-08/-human-transit-makes-fresh-case-for-the-power-of-public-transportation

humantransit, 4 months ago to SanFrancisco

As someone who lived in #SanFrancisco in the 90s and early 00s, I thought this @RebeccaSolnit piece beautifully captures what is being lost as the city shrinks to become a satellite of Silicon Valley. Not your usual nostalgia trip. Quite the opposite. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/rebecca-solnit/in-the-shadow-of-silicon-valley

humantransit, 4 months ago to random

"To read Human Transit, Revised Edition is to grasp not just what makes an effective bus route or rail line, but also to understand the geometry, economics, and human values that shape cities -- and that enhance or diminish them. -- Janette Sadik-Khan.

Read the preface here: https://humantransit.org/2024/01/human-transit-preface-to-the-new-edition.html