Transportation Policy - Courses

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The courses listed under this concentration are offered periodically, and not necessarily on a quarterly or annual basis.

PUBLIC POLICY [6]

PUB PLC M244: Transportation Planning (4)
(same as Urban Planning M255) Examines how planners analyze, manage and operate transportation systems. Covers measuring system performance; intelligent transportation systems; transportation system demand management; parking management; freight movement and facilities; public transit evaluation and management; paratransit; bicycle and pedestrian planning; transportation for the elderly and disabled. Prof. Brian D. Taylor [7]

PUB PLC M220: Transportation, Land Use and Urban Form (4)
Historical evolution of urban form and transportation systems, intrametropolitan location theory, recent trends in urban form, spatial mismatch hypothesis, jobs/housing balance, transportation in the strong central city and polycentric city, neotraditional town planning debate, rail transit and urban form. Letter grading. Prof. Brian Taylor [7] or Prof. Randall Crane [8]

PUB PLC M222: Transportation Economics, Finance and Policy (4)
Overview of transportation finance and economics; concepts of efficiency and equity in transportation finance; historical evolution of highway and transit finance; current issues in highway finance; private participation in road finance, toll roads, road costs and cost allocation, truck charges, congestion pricing; current issues in transit finance; transit fare and subsidy policies, contracting and privatization of transit services. Letter grading. Prof. Brian Taylor [7] or Prof. Randall Crane [8]

PUB PLC M223: Transportation and Environmental Issues (4)
Regulatory structure linking transportation, air quality, and energy issues, chemistry of air pollution, overview of transportation-related approaches to air quality enhancement; new car tailpipe standards; vehicle inspection and maintenance issues; transportation demand management and transportation control measures; alternative fuels and electric vehicles; corporate average fuel economy and global warming issues; growth of automobile worldwide fleet; the automobile in the sustainability debate. Letter grading. Prof. Randall Crane [8]

PUB PLC M221: Travel Behavior Analysis (4)
Descriptions of travel patterns in metropolitan areas, recent trends and projections into the future, overview of travel forecasting methods, trip generation, trip distribution, mode split traffic assignment, critique of traditional travel forecasting methods and new approaches to travel behavior analysis. Letter grading. Prof. Brian Taylor [7]

PUB PLC M224A: Urban Data Analysis: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4)
Descriptions of travel patterns in metropolitan areas, recent trends and projections into the future, overview of travel forecasting methods, trip generation, trip distribution, mode split traffic assignment, critique of traditional travel forecasting methods and new approaches to travel behavior analysis. Letter grading. Prof. Leobardo Estrada [9]

PUB PLC M224B: Advanced Geographic Information Systems (4)
Descriptions of travel patterns in metropolitan areas, recent trends and projections into the future, overview of travel forecasting methods, trip generation, trip distribution, mode split traffic assignment, critique of traditional travel forecasting methods and new approaches to travel behavior analysis. Letter grading. Prof. Leobardo Estrada [9] or Prof. Paul Ong [10]

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