Public Transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit) is a shared passenger transport service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, carpooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.

Public transport modes include city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subways/undergrounds etc) and ferries. Public transport between cities is dominated by airlines, coaches, and intercity rail. High-speed rail networks are being developed i ...more

Public Transport Books

Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit

Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy

Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City

The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro (Creating the North American Landscape)

Exploring Vancouver: The Architectural Guide

Everyone... But the People: How everyday taxpayers overcame Vancouver's elite and defeated the TransLink tax

BART: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Bicycles, Airships and Things that Go by Bernie McAllister

Sustainable Mobility For Kids

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The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

Getting there - bus, taxi, train

194 books — 20 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Public Transport”

“ Commuting in London is basically warfare. It's a constant campaign of claiming territory; inching forward; never relaxing for a moment. Because if you do, someone will step past you. Or step on you. ...more ”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life

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“ The reporting rate is even lower in New York City, with an estimated 96% of sexual harassment and 86% of sexual assaults in the subway system going unreported, while in London, where a fifth of women have reportedly been physically assaulted while using public transport, a 2017 study found that 'around 90% of people who experience unwanted sexual behavior would not report it... Enough women have experienced the sharp shift from 'Smile, love, it might never happen,' to 'Fuck you bitch why are you ...more ”
― Caroline Criado-Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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