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In “the Language of Transit”, Jarrett Walker explores the binary structures that trap our thinking about transit, including “rail vs bus,” “permanent vs flexible,” “choice rider vs dependent rider”. He argues that many of the apparent debates in transit arise from these binary structures that we bring to it, not the facts of transit itself. He also explores how an approach to transit based on access and liberation requires us to rethink our assumptions about what transit infrastructure “means” in the urban environment.
Speakers: Jarrett Walker, Consultant in Public Transport Planning & Policy, Jarrett Walker & Associates; Mariia Zimmerman, Principal & Founder, MZ Strategies, LLC; Marcy McInelly, President, Urbsworks, Inc
In “the Language of Transit”, Jarrett Walker explores the binary structures that trap our thinking about transit, including “rail vs bus,” “permanent vs flexible,” “choice rider vs dependent rider”. He argues that many of the apparent debates in transit arise from these binary structures that we bring to it, not the facts of transit itself. He also explores how an approach to transit based on access and liberation requires us to rethink our assumptions about what transit infrastructure “means” in the urban environment.
Speakers: Jarrett Walker, Consultant in Public Transport Planning & Policy, Jarrett Walker & Associates; Mariia Zimmerman, Principal & Founder, MZ Strategies, LLC; Marcy McInelly, President, Urbsworks, Inc
