husayn gokal
Sharjah

MITUrban Studies and Planning1.258J

Public Transportation Systems

planned·~126 hours total

Professors

  • Frederick Salvucci
  • John Attanucci

Textbook

  • Modeling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems

    Guido Gentile, Klaus Noekel · ISBN 9783319250809

Materials

Salvucci (former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary) and Attanucci teaching transit planning, design, operations, financing. MIT's flagship transit course in DUSP.

Syllabus

  1. Week 1

    Transit modes and their characteristics

  2. Week 2

    Demand analysis; ridership forecasting

  3. Week 3

    Network design and route planning

  4. Week 4

    Service frequency and capacity

  5. Week 5

    Operations — scheduling, dispatching

  6. Week 6

    Performance metrics; reliability

  7. Week 7

    Financing and economics of transit

  8. Week 8

    Fare policy and equity

  9. Week 9

    Land use and transit

  10. Week 10

    Innovation — BRT, autonomous vehicles