Trains, Buses, People An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit
January 19, 2022 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET
Christof Spieler has recently released the second edition of his wildly popular book Trains, Buses, People. Christof’s new book now covers eight Canadian cities and two new U.S. cities. His original book was dubbed “a transit wonk’s bible” that has guided “a smarter conversation about urban transit.” Christof discussed the evolving conversation around transit in the past three years since the book originally published. He also briefly covered updates around fare policies, wayfinding, transit governance structures, customer experience, and creating inclusive transit systems that work for all riders.
Speakers:
Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, Vice President and Director of Planning, Huitt-Zollars, and Senior Lecturer, Rice University
Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
Participants
Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a Senior Lecturer at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston's Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) from 2010 to 2018. As the chair of METRO's Strategic Planning committee, he initiated the Transit System Reimagining process, a blank sheet re-design of the entire bus system.