Main entry:

Nordahl, Darrin.

Title & Author:

My kind of transit : rethinking public transportation in America / Darrin Nordahl.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Chicago : Center for American Places at Columbia College in association with the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Description:

xv, 175 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

My kind of

Notes:
Ed. of 2,000 copies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168).
Introduction the positive transit experience -- Disneyland : the fundamentals of an enjoyable ride -- Cable cars in San Francisco -- Streetcars in New Orleans and San Francisco -- Monorails in Seattle and Las Vegas -- Shuttles in Santa Barbara, Phoenix, and Chattanooga -- Taxicabs in New York City -- Funiculars in Pittsburgh -- Aerials and elevateds in New York City and Chicago -- Conclusion creating positive transit experiences.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"From San Francisco's famed cable cars to Pittsburgh's funiculars, from Seattle's spiffy monorail to the historic streetcars of New Orleans, from Chicago's El to Roosevelt Island's aerial tramway in New York City, Nordahl recounts a transportation history of both visionary policies and shortsighted planning. He reveals that current American transit systems contain many key elements for successfully expanding public transport, and he argues that the best forms of transit are those that not only provide passenger enrichment, but also function as memorable forms of public space, akin to public parks, plazas, squares, and streets. My Kind of Transit draws upon historical facts and field observations to explain the characteristics of ideal kinds of transit, and he offers fifteen design considerations to enhance public transportation in America, among them color, lighting, pace, route, scale, seating, and style." "Successful public transport must be a uniquely enjoyable experience for riders, My Kind of Transit contends, and Nordahl offers a new vision of civic engagement that occurs when public transit responds to the special qualities inherent in a place and its people."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781930066885 (acid-free paper)
1930066880 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Local transit United States Case studies.
Urban transportation United States Case studies.
Local transit Social aspects United States.
Transports publics États-Unis Études de cas.
Transports urbains États-Unis Études de cas.
Transports publics Aspect social États-Unis.
Local transit.
Local transit Social aspects.
Urban transportation.
Local transit United States Social aspects.
United States.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Added entries:

My kind of.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261124
Call No.: BIB 192106
Status: Available