|
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography
|
Buy Now
Urban Public Transport Today (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,862
Discovery Miles 18 620
|
|
|
Urban Public Transport Today (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
There is a widening gap between what we expect of public transport
and what can be delivered, given the circumstances in which we seem
to expect it to operate. Our expectations for travel are
increasing, both in quantity and in the standards of speed,
reliability and comfort. Out-of-town shopping, leisure parks and
business parks all involve more travel than did their predecessors.
Cars are becoming more like mobile sitting rooms with all the home
comforts such as CD player and telephone. To give all this up for a
bus or train is asking a lot. We all still recognize that there are
many people for whom public transport is essential, particularly
amongst the elderly, children and teenagers and others who have
only limited access or no access to a car. Less obvious is the
dependence of our cities for their existence on high capacity
public transport. Yet there is still a prevalent view that local
public transport, especially buses, are only for those who do not
have a car, a welfare service for the needy. We still prefer to
spend our money on cars rather than public transport, knowing that
we can not all have unrestricted use of them. But we are slowly and
patchily beginning to realiz
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
