Transport For Humans (Paperback)

Pete Dyson

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Language: English

Published by London Publishing Partnership, London, 2021

1913019357 / 9781913019358

Series: Book 18 of 20 - Perspectives

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Paperback. Engineers plan transport systems, people use them. But the ways in which an engineer measures success - speed, journey time, efficiency - are often not the way that passengers think about a good trip. We are not cargo. We choose how and when to travel, influenced not only by speed and time but by habit, status, comfort, variety - and many other factors that engineering equations don't capture at all.As we near the practical, physical limits of speed, capacity and punctuality, the greatest hope for a brighter future lies in adapting transport to more human wants and needs. Behavioural science has immense potential to improve the design of roads, railways, planes and pavements - as well as the ways in which we use them - but only when we embrace the messier reality of transport for humans.This is the moment. Climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and changing work-life priorities have shaken up long-held assumptions. There is a new way forward. This book maps out how to design transport for humans. This book maps out how to design better transport. Engineers measure success by speed and efficiency - but these are not the way that passengers think about a good trip. We choose how to travel, influenced not only by speed and time but by habit, status, comfort, variety - and many other factors that engineering equations don't capture at all. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title
Transport For Humans (Paperback)
Author
Pete Dyson
Publisher
London Publishing Partnership, London
Publication year
2021
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1913019357
ISBN 13
9781913019358
Series
Book 18 of 20: Perspectives

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