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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450607403321

Autore

Bunting Mark <1948->

Titolo

Making public transport work [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Bunting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-86146-8

9786612861468

0-7735-7143-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Disciplina

388.4

Soggetti

Urban transportation

Local transit

Local transit - Planning

Transports urbains

Transports publics

Transports publics - Planification

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Last Bus Has Been Cancelled -- 3 "If Only They Would -- 4 A World without Public Transport -- 5 Approaching the Problem -- 6 The Customer Relationship -- 7 Setting a Standard for Public Transport -- 8 A Public Transport Architecture -- 9 Wanted: A Public Transport Revolution -- 10 Making Public Transport Work -- 11 Taking Responsibility for Public Transport -- Further Readings -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility. Hundreds of millions commute daily between home and work, relying more and more on cars and less on urban and intercity public transport. Faced with environmental concerns and the negative cultural and social effects of urban sprawl, governments and other agencies have attempted to reverse the decline in public transport use. In Making Public Transportation Work P.M. Bunting examines why problems have arisen and how they might be



corrected.