The Transit Tradeoff No City Can Escape

The Strong Towns Podcast by Strong Towns

Jul 13, 202663:01Government & Organizations

Putting a route near every community sounds fair until the buses only arrive once an hour. Jarrett Walker, author of Human Transit and principal of the firm helping Des Moines rethink its bus network, explains why cities...

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