Download or read book The Transit Metropolis written by Robert Cervero and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has spent more than three years studying cities around the world, and he makes a compelling case that metropolitan areas of any size and with any growth pattern - from highly compact to widely dispersed - can develop successful mass transit systems."--BOOK JACKET.