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    Public Transportation Systems

    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.

    Subjects:
    Transportation
    Keywords:
    Urban transportation -- Management Local transit Urban transportation -- Planning
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Transport Processes in the Environment

    Transport Processes in the Environment

    This class serves as an introduction to mass transport in environmental flows, with emphasis given to river and lake systems. The class will cover the derivation and solutions to the differential form of mass conservation equations. Class topics to be covered will include: molecular and turbulent diffusion, boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange and particle transport.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Transportation
    Keywords:
    Water -- Pollution Hydrodynamics Diffusion in hydrology Oceanic mixing
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
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    Urban Transportation Planning

    Urban Transportation Planning

    This course examines the policy, politics, planning, and engineering of transportation systems in urban areas, with a special focus on the Boston area. It covers the role of the federal, state, and local government and the MPO, public transit in the era of the automobile, analysis of current trends and pattern breaks; analytical tools for transportation planning, traffic engineering, and policy analysis; the contribution of transportation to air pollution, social costs, and climate change; land use and transportation interactions, and more. Transportation sustainability is a central theme throughout the course, as well as consideration of if and how it is possible to resolve the tension between the three E's (environment, economy, and equity). The goal of this course is to elicit discussion, stimulate independent thinking, and encourage students to understand and challenge the "conventional wisdom" of transportation planning.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Transportation
    Keywords:
    Transportation engineering Transportation -- Planning
    Resource Type:
    Courseware