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Throughout this book, you’ll find examples of common misunderstandings about transit. In each case, my goal is not just to refute them but to suggest why they are so common and understandable, so that we can forgive and correct these mistakes both in others and in ourselves. A lively transit debate may seem to reflect many kinds of confusion, but we can penetrate the chaos by noticing a few common themes.
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To be fair, these errors can be made by anyone who rides transit rarely but frequently pilots a vehicle down a road, including cyclists. I call these motorist’s errors only because motorists tend to dominate political discussion in many cities and are most likely to be unaware of how their motoring experience may affect their transit thinking.
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Walker, J. (2012). Five Paths to Confusion. In: Human Transit. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-174-0_3
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