This book explores into peoples dependence on informal neighborhood
transit in their key role that connects between peoples residences inside the
local street network and mainline transit on the main road. The study argues
that such dependence is influenced by the physical characteristics of the local
street network, and thus can be reduced by altering the local street characteristics
to facilitate walking as an alternative means of travel for transit access
trips. Two local-street characteristics are considered, trip distance and
pedestrian route directness (the ratio of trip distance and...