The only modern text to cover all aspects of urban transit operations, planning, and economics Global in scope, up-to-date with current practice, and written by

This unique book explains how to think systematically about public transportation through the lens of physics models. The book includes aspects of system design

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Widened in scope and completely updated, this new edition of a well-established textbook provides an authoritative introduction to all modes of public transport

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