Jarrett Walker
Jarrett Walker has been designing public transit systems for over 20 years. He is an independent consultant in North America and Principal Consultant with MRCagney in Australia. He writes the popular transit blog HumanTransit.org.
Jarrett Walker Podcast: Elephants, Wine, & the Century of Transit
By Jen Hawse / On December 12th, 2018
Public transit consultant and author Jarrett Walker uses the metaphor of the elephant and the wine glass to talk about the things we know are true about space in cities. Interview from The Rail~Volution podcast featuring the plenary conversation at Rail~Volution 2018 in Pittsburgh.
Transit & Local Leadership—Jarrett Walker Podcast Interview
By Kyler Geoffroy / On July 12th, 2018
“Transit is an incredibly local thing…If we’re not allowed to talk about it at that local level, we’re never going to make good policy."
Ignore Elon Musk. Let's Focus On Who & What Transit Is For
By Alan Mallach / On February 5th, 2018
Instead of talking about Elon Musk, we should be talking about transit: what kind we have, who and what it’s for, and where it’s likely to go in the future.
Ask Island Press: How Could Buses Be Better?
By Katharine Sucher / On July 31st, 2017
Buses are having somewhat of a moment.
Paris: The Triumph of the Bus Stop
By Jarrett Walker / On November 22nd, 2016
Do you think bus service is never as “permanent” as rail service? Well, it depends on how much infrastructure you build, and how proudly it announces the bus service as an essential part of the cityscape, both as icon and as opportunity.
Who Is Not in the Room? (A Question for 2016)
By Jarrett Walker / On January 27th, 2016
So we all want to write New Years posts about resolutions we should make — mostly resolutions we could have made last year and will probably make again next year.