Trains, Buses, People: An Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Transit

Smart Growth Network Webinar

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 2:00pm EST
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Christof Spieler, PE, AICP, LEED AP, and author of Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, has examined more than 50 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada with rail or bus rapid transit to explore why the systems were built, how well they are working and what makes transit successful.

Spieler joined the Maryland Department of Planning and the Smart Growth Network to share his findings and outline the evolving conversation about fare policies, wayfinding, transit governance structures, customer experience and the future of transit, and what he has learned from his work.

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Christof Spieler

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a Senior Lecturer at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston's Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) from 2010 to 2018. As the chair of METRO's Strategic Planning committee, he initiated the Transit System Reimagining process, a blank sheet re-design of the entire bus system.