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Public Transportation Systems

Prof. Nigel Wilson, Dr. Gabriel E. Sanchez-Martinez and Dr. Neema Nassir · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

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.

Lectures

Class Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction 49 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Data Collection Techniques and Program Design 1 h 28 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Modal Characteristics and Roles 1 h 17 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Short-range Planning—Part 1 1 h 4 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Short-range Planning—Part 2 1 h 16 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Modal Capacities and Costs 56 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Cost Estimation 1 h 25 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Ridership Forecasting 1 h 19 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Performance Models 1 h 22 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Origin, Destination, and Transfer Inference 1 h 25 min · Video
  11. Lecture 13: Vehicle Scheduling 55 min · Video
  12. Lecture 17: Customer Information Strategies—Guest Lecture by John Attanucci 1 h 24 min · Video
  13. Lecture 19: Transit Signal Priority—Guest Lecture by Peter G. Furth 1 h 24 min · Video
  14. Lecture 20: Service Reliability 1 h 29 min · Video
  15. Lecture 21: Fare Policy, Structure, and Technology 1 h 23 min · Video
  16. Lecture 22: Workforce Planning 1 h 24 min · Video
  17. Lecture 24: Baumol's Disease—Guest Lecture by Frederick Salvucci 1 h 22 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering; Urban Studies and Planning
Taught by
Prof. Nigel Wilson, Dr. Gabriel E. Sanchez-Martinez, Dr. Neema Nassir
Term
Spring 2017
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Earth and environment, Society and politics
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Nigel Wilson, Dr. Gabriel E. Sanchez-Martinez, Dr. Neema Nassir. Public Transportation Systems. Spring 2017. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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