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Jarrett Walker
Jarrett Walker, PhD, is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He is President at Jarrett Walker + Associates, based in Portland, Oregon, and Principal Consultant with MRCagney in Australia. He is the author of the blog humantransit.org and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Island Press, 2011).
In urban America, transit consensus is stronger than ever
The urban support for public transit keeps growing, with expansion plans approved this week in metro areas big and small in many parts of the US.