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PostJuly 20, 2020

Public Transportation Systems

Image of a street map with overlaid bus route and color-coded regions about the community served.

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.

Access the course, including complete video lectures: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/civil-and-environmental-engineering/1-258j-public-transportation-systems-spring-2017/index.htm

Taught by: Prof. Nigel Wilson, Dr. Gabriel E. Sanchez-Martinez, Dr. Neema Nassir

by MIT OCW
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Transportation

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