humantransit.org
"Abundant Access": a map of a community's transit choices, and a possible goal of transit — Human Transit
http://humantransit.org/2013/03/abundant-access-a-map-of-the-key-transit-choices.html
The professional blog of public transit consultant Jarrett Walker. 8220;Abundant Access”: a map of a community’s transit choices, and a possible goal of transit. March 10, 2013. I argued that the underlying geometry of transit requires communities to make a series of choices, each of which is a tradeoff between two things that are popular. I argued that these hard choices are appropriate assignments for elected boards, because there is no. And later, and more rigorously, in. Peak-first or all day? Assumi...
humantransit.org
basics: walking distance to transit — Human Transit
http://humantransit.org/2011/04/basics-walking-distance-to-transit.html
The professional blog of public transit consultant Jarrett Walker. Basics: walking distance to transit. April 24, 2011. Yesterday I received an email asking about how walking distance standards vary around the world. I don’t know the whole world, but in the countries I’ve worked in (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) the view is pretty consistent:. Our language often forces us to create the illusion. Source: TCQSM Chapter 3. This survey-based graph shows the breakdown of local bus passengers by the dist...
emergenturbanism.com
Decoding paradise - the emergent form of Mediterranean towns | Emergent Urbanism
http://emergenturbanism.com/2008/12/21/decoding-paradise-the-emergent-form-of-mediterranean-towns
Skip to main content. Decoding paradise - the emergent form of Mediterranean towns. Submitted by Mathieu Helie. On Sun, 12/21/2008 - 19:43, last updated Mon, 04/09/2012 - 15:15. Until very recent times, a study entitled. Julian of Ascalon’s Treatise of Design and Construction Rules From Sixth-Century Palestine. The Nature of Order. It is to his great credit that Besim S. Hakim. The goal shared by these treatises is a definition of urbanism as relevant today as it was in Babylon:. Here we see what the und...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT