My kind of transit

"From San Francisco's famed cable cars to Pittsburgh's funiculars, from Seattle's spiffy monorail to the historic streetcars of New Orleans, from Chicago's El to Roosevelt Island's aerial tramway in New York City, Nordahl recounts a transportation history of both visionary policies and shortsighted planning. He reveals that current American transit systems contain many key elements for successfully expanding public transport, and he argues that the best forms of transit are those that not only provide passenger enrichment, but also function as memorable forms of public space, akin to public parks, plazas, squares, and streets. My Kind of Transit draws upon historical facts and field observations to explain the characteristics of ideal kinds of transit, and he offers fifteen design considerations to enhance public transportation in America, among them color, lighting, pace, route, scale, seating, and style." "Successful public transport must be a uniquely enjoyable experience for riders, My Kind of Transit contends, and Nordahl offers a new vision of civic engagement that occurs when public transit responds to the special qualities inherent in a place and its people."--Jacket.

Year

2008

Language

English

Publisher

Island Press

Editions

1

ISBN

9781610914482

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