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Course overview, different perspectives from the instructors
Transport modes and characteristics (speed, capacity, LOS, external impacts…)
Traffic counts
Energy use at MIT, "Walking the Talk"
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Assignment 1 out: Gateways to MIT |
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Transportation planning as a tool for urban design
Traffic calming: Design and implementation
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Mind-mapping, communications, scenarios
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Thumbnail history of Boston transportation and analysis of historical developments: Interstate system, aviation, rail and transit
The planning method
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Assignment 1 due
Assignment 2 out: Massachusetts avenue/MIT
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Transportation and land use — chicken and egg
The transit challenge
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Student presentations on Assignment 1
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Highway revolt. Resurgence of transit. Was the revolt a rebellion or a revolution? Discussion of emerging transportation issues and strategic planning model to "map" different approaches.
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Screening of "Divided Highways," a PBS documentary on road building in America.
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Assignment 2 due
Assignment 3 out: South Boston
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Quantitative methods: GIS, 4-step model, traffic models, NEPA
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Student presentations on Assignment 2
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Transit and parking policy
Employment policies, housing finance, tax code
Transportation and industrial policy
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Transportation modeling exercises
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Environmental concerns: Air quality, energy consumption, global warming
NEPA, environmental review
Infrastructure sufficiency analysis
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Screening of "Public Spaces," a video by urban designer Jan Gehl.
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Assignment 3 due
Assignment 4 out: Millennium cities database
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Spending other people's money — what are the rules? Economic evaluation, financial evaluation, programming, fiscal constraint, job generation, industrial policy, constituencies, Jack Sprat, and organization choices.
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Student presentations on Assignment 3
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Project selection
Cost-effectiveness, prioritization, institutional roles
MPOs and modal agencies
FTA cost-effectiveness
FHWA system completion method
Guest Lecturers: Laurie Hussey and Tom Rossi, Cambridge Systematics Inc.; Astrid Glynn, Massachusetts office of Commonwealth development
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Screening of video on the Big Dig
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Assignment 4 due
Assignment 5 out: Final project — Energy at MIT
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Discussion of Final Assignment
Student presentations on Assignment 4
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Intelligent transportation systems
Congestion pricing
Infrastructure reconstruction
Operations and maintenance
Airport access and international access
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"Megacities" perspective
Holistic approach to transportation and land use
Course evaluations and wrap-up
Information on Mikel's IAP modeling workshop
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Final Assignment due
Student presentations on final assignment
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