Join Jarrett Walker on July 27 at noon
As transit becomes more popular, many cities are having intense and often bitter quarrels about what kind of transit to build or operate. Working from 20 years of experience as a transit planning consultant, Jarrett Walker examines some of the most common confusions that affect debates about transit and often lead to disappointing outcomes. He then suggests strategies for clarifying transit debates by recognizing the unavoidable "hard choices" that arise from transit's intrinsic geometry and costs.
Jarrett Walker is a consultant with 20 years experience in transit network and planning policy. Raised in Portland, he has been based at various times in Portland, San Francisco and Vancouver, British Columbia. Currently, he is a principal consultant for McCormick Rankin Cagney, based in Sydney, Australia. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and writes the popular transit weblog humantransit.org.
The event is free and open to the public. The brownbag will take place at Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Ave. in Portland, on July 27 at noon in the Council Chambers.