It is a difficult year for transit agencies all over the US, as a range of converging problems is pushing budgets out of balance.  I discussed the problems in more detail in this post on Portland, but...

In the essay that follows, Walker studies Coriolanus as a play focused on the battle between 'body and speech.' Walker observes that in Coriolanus's derision fo

Putting a route near every community sounds fair until the buses only arrive once an hour. Jarrett Walker, author of Human Transit and principal of the firm helping Des Moines rethink its bus network,...

Putting a route near every community sounds fair until the buses only arrive once an hour. Jarrett Walker, author of Human Transit and principal of the firm helping Des Moines rethink its bus network,...

MCTS Forward is a collaborative effort to think about the future of public transit in Milwaukee County.

Join internationally recognized public transit expert and author Jarrett Walker at the California Transit Association’s 61st Annual Fall Conference & Expo, October 28–30 in Monterey.    Walker will le...

NOTE: New material appears below this post. We’re delighted to announce a 2026 Chicago session of our “inexcusably fun” two-day intensive course in public transit network design.  This course, which w...

Do you like trains more than buses, or vice versa?  Debates about whether to build rail lines instead of bus lines are heated and often confused.  This post is designed to help you think through what ...

Jarrett Walker is frequently asked to speak to urbanist, development and transit professional groups. He also often grants interviews to media on aspects of ongoing or completed projects. If you are i...

Auckland has settled on how congestion charging could work. But overseas experience shows the alternatives to driving are just as important.

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 4 August · 57min

A federal court has answered a question that matters for every professional willing to challenge the practices of their own profession.

A new study from a Canadian university reveals that those who like loud combustion noises may have

Does the region still care about TriMet and ensuring a strong public transit system, asks public transit design and policy consultant Jarrett Walker. While leaders face many competing priorities, the ...

When people want to imply that public transit is irrelevant or failing or wasteful, they always point to relatively empty buses or trains.  To the layman it certainly seems as though buses with few pa...

Does the region still care about TriMet and ensuring a strong public transit system, asks public transit design and policy consultant Jarrett Walker. While leaders face many competing priorities, the ...

Below is the complete introduction of the Revised Edition my book Human Transit: How clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives.   You can read the preface and Tabl...

In many US cities, voters will soon be asked to invest in public transit, if only to sustain services as operating costs rise.  So it might be useful to look closely at the just-completed battle in a ...

In many US cities, voters will soon be asked to invest in public transit, if only to sustain services as operating costs rise.  So it might be useful to look closely at the just-completed battle in a ...

Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed.