Christof Spieler: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
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After Christof Spieler helped improve Houston's bus system, he traveled from city to city across the country to ride the rails and bus routes. In his book Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit, Spieler analyzes 50 cities with meaningful transit systems, providing "a loving description of the city’s network, its demand pattern, its recent history, and its issues," according to a review on Human Transit. (He thinks Seattle has a great bus system.) He'll be a good person to ask about fare-enforcement policies, whether or not streetcars are shopping trolleys or real modes of transit, and, of course, the importance of bike lanes.
by Rich Smith