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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016

      Since I was complaining earlier I might as well at least TRY to talk about transit solutions...

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    2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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      I notice a recurring problem in the USA where transit is approached from an implicitly car-oriented mindset.

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    3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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      By that, I don't mean "put the needs of cars first" (tho that's also a problem), but rather, "transit works just like cars, right?"

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    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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      This mindset means that people think about public transit in terms of routes before thinking about it in terms of stops.

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    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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      This is counterproductive because no matter what roads a bus might run on, you can still *only access it at stops.*

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    6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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      The best way to think about a transit network is as a set of stops--where are you able to access the network?

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    7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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      The purpose of transit routes is to minimize the amount of time it takes to get between any two stops in the set.

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016

      To achieve this, you have to prioritize frequency and accommodate transfers between routes.

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        2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          So looking at these three factors--frequency, stops, and transfers--what part of the private sector handles all three best?

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        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          Japanese transit providers know the answer to this--public transit is a *real estate venture* before anything else.

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        4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          You need space for your stops, you need space for transfer facilities, and you need dedicated ROW if your frequency gets high enough.

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        5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          One more thought on transit solutions--public transit networks are fractals; you use different networks depending on your scale of travel.

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        6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          If any part of the fractal is missing or underdeveloped, all the rest of it suffers. This is a big problem in the USA.

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        7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          The top level of the public transit fractal is air travel. We manage this pretty well, no issues here.

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        8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          Below air travel, though, is a huge "missing middle;" several tiers of transportation are neglected or completely absent.

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        9. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          Local bus travel is the bottom level of the public transit fractal, and here the USA at least makes an effort.

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        10. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 3 Aug 2016
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          But local transit isn't much use if it doesn't feed into regional transit, etc, all the way up to global transit. Every level counts.

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