Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit
Steven Higashideamazon.com
Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit
Transportation equity is not a discrete problem. It poses a barrier to accessing everything that constitutes a good quality of life; healthcare, fresh food, public Wi-Fi, friends, education, jobs, and voting. If everything is brought within a 15 minute radius, not only does car ownership become widely unnecessary, prompting the provision of a criti... See more
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