In some US and Canadian cities, transit has quietly been expanding
and improving over the last few years, despite funding and
ridership challenges. How do we assess the advances and failures of
our current systems to move forward strategically and wisely? The
first edition of Trains, Buses, People was dubbed "a transit wonk's
bible" and guided "a smarter conversation about urban transit" in
the US. This second edition is fully updated and expanded to
include eight Canadian cities and two new US cities (Indianapolis
and San Juan, Puerto Rico). In Trains, Buses, People, Second
Edition: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, transit
expert and "transportation hero" Christof Spieler provides a new
section on inclusivity to help agencies understand how to welcome
riders regardless of race, gender, income, or disability. Select
cities include new maps overlaying transit and poverty data, and
systems that have started construction since the first edition in
2018 have been added. Other new sections address network
typologies, guideway types, station types, and fares. Spieler has
spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community
leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He
strongly believes that just about anyone-regardless of training or
experience-can identify what makes good transit with the right
information. In the fun, accessible, and visually appealing Trains,
Buses, People, Second Edition: An Opinionated Atlas of US and
Canadian Transit, Spieler shows how cities can build successful
transit. He profiles the 49 metropolitan areas in the US and eight
metropolitan areas in Canada that have rail transit or BRT, using
data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. Spieler ranks the best
and worst systems and he offers analysis of how geography,
politics, and history complicate transit planning. He shows how the
unique circumstances of every city have resulted in very different
transit systems. Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition is intended
for non-experts-it will help any citizen, professional, or
policymaker with a vested interest evaluate a transit proposal and
understand what makes transit effective. It shows that it is
possible, with the right tools, to build good transit.
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