Public Transportation Systems

This course discusses the evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems, and services, focusing on bus and rail. It covers various topics, including current practice and new methods for data collection and analysis, performance monitoring, route design, frequency determination, vehicle and crew scheduling, effect of pricing policy and service quality on ridership.

1. Introduction (for 1.258J Public Transportation Systems, Spring 2017).
2. Data Collection Techniques and Program Design.
3. Modal Characteristics and Roles.
4. Short-range Planning.
5. Short-range Planning (cont.).
6. Modal Capacities and Costs.
7. Cost Estimation.
8. Ridership Forecasting.
9. Performance Models.
10. Origin, Destination, and Transfer Inference.
13. Vehicle Scheduling.
17. Customer Information Strategies.
19. Transit Signal Priority.
20. Transit Service Reliability.
21. Fare Policy, Structure, and Technology.
22. Public Transportation Systems.
24. Baumol's Disease.