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OftenBen  ·  3178 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 16, 2016

I am oddly enthralled by the idea that the design and layout of airports is a serious serious academic subject. And not in any dismissive way either, I think it's really cool that so much thought and study gets put into how we use Space.





veen  ·  3178 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I find it very interesting how airports work, why they are designed the way they are and how they are operated. It's like a small nation with its own goverment, infrastructure, policies, regulations etcetera. Lots of planning challenges too. "Airport Systems, Second Edition" by Richard de Neufville if anyone's interested.

steve  ·  3177 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    if anyone's interested.

you know... like for a casual coffee table book... :)

actually - it sounds super interesting to me.

user-inactivated  ·  3178 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you read those 800 pages your takeaway would still be to never go in the Detroit airport again, so it sounds like you're already in the right place.

But I second steve -- sooooooo skeptical of that train ride you say you found.

OftenBen  ·  3178 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I was just looking at the first leg of the journey. Grand total ends up in the neighborhood of ~22 hours.