11.541
Public Transportation Systems
Spring 2017
Topics
- Introduction
- Data collection techniques and program design
- Modal characteristics and roles
- Short-range planning
- Modal capacities and costs
- Cost estimation
- Ridership forecasting
- Performance models
- Data analysis and inference
- Macro design models
- Frequency determination
- Vehicle scheduling
- Crew scheduling
- Network and route structure
- High ridership corridor strategies
- Customer information strategies
- Contracting with private providers
- Transit priority
- Service reliability
- Fare policy, structure, and technology
- Workforce planning
- Labor relations
- Transit finance
Readings
- J. Neff and M. Dickens, 2015 Public Transportation Fact Book , 66th Edition, November 2016, American Public Transportation Association.
- [BPTS] Chapter 2: Establishing Goals and Objectives.
- P. G. Furth, J. Attanucci, I. Burns, and N. H. M. Wilson, “Transit Data Collection Design Manual.” U.S. DOT Report DOT-I-85-38, 1985, pp. 1-121.
- W. R. Dawson, “Optimizing Transit Service Decisions Based on Ridership – Good for Passengers and the Community.” Paper presented at UITP Congress, Toronto, May 1999.
- N. H. M. Wilson, D. Nelson, A. Palmere, T. Grayson, and C. Cederquist, “Service Quality Monitoring for High-Frequency Transit Lines.” Transportation Research Record 1349 (1992): 3-11.
- [BPTS] Chapter 8: Methods to Evaluate a Transit Project in Monetary Terms.
- [BPTS] Chapter 9: Cost Model Development.
- [BPTS] Chapter 10: Average and Marginal Costs of Services.
- A. Herzenberg, “Methods of Estimating the Costs of Drivers’ Wages for Bus Service.” Transportation Research Record 947 (1983): 7-14.
- Z. Peng, K. Dueker, J. Strathman, and J. Hopper, “A Simultaneous Route-level Transit Patronage Model: Demand, Supply, and Inter-route Relationship.” Transportation 24, no. 2 (1997): 159-181.
- Toronto Transit Commission, “Ridership Forecasting Methods.” Service Standards Process Technical Background Papers no. 1, January 1991.
- R. A. Chapman and J. F. Michel, “Modeling the Tendency of Buses to Form Pairs.” Transportation Science 12, no. 2 (1978): 165-175.
- P. G. Furth and A. B. Rahbee, “Optimal Bus Stop Spacing Using Dynamic Programming and Geographic Modeling.” Transportation Research Record 1731 (2000): 15-22.
- N. H. M. Wilson and T. Lin, “Dwell-Time Relationships for Light Rail Systems.” Transportation Research Record 1361 (1993): 296-304.
- M. N. Milkovtis, “Modeling the Factors Affecting Bus Stop Dwell Time.” In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, no. 2072, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2008. pp. 125—130.
- J. B. Gordon et al, “Automated Inference of Linked Transit Journeys in London Using Fare-Transaction and Vehicle Location Data.” In Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board , no. 2072, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2013. pp. 17—24.
- P. G. Furth and N. Wilson, “Setting Frequencies on Bus Routes: Theory and Practice.” Transportation Research Record 818 (1981): 1-7.
- P. G. Furth and T. H. J. Muller, “Service Reliability and Optimal Running Time Schedules.” Transportation Research Record 2034 (2007): 55-61.
- F. J. M. Salzborn, “Optimum Bus Scheduling.” Transportation Science 6 (1972): 137-148.
- A. Ceder, “Public Transport Timetabling and Vehicle Scheduling.” Chapter 2 in Advanced Modeling for Transit Operations and Service Planning . Edited by W. Lam and M. Bell. Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 2002, pp. 31-57. ISBN: 9780080442068.
- A. Ceder, “Public Transport Scheduling.” In Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control, Volume 3 . Edited by K. J. Button and D. A. Hensher. Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 2001, pp. 539-558. ISBN: 9780080435954.
- [BPTS] Chapter 3: Route and Network Analysis.
- A. Ceder and N. H. M. Wilson, “Bus Network Design.” Transportation Research 20B, no. 4 (1986): 331-344.
- J. Becker, and J. Bakker. “The Design of Timed Transfer Networks.” Proceedings of Operations and Service Planning Symposium, Washington, DC, 1993.
- [BPTS] Chapter 11: Organizational Structures and Contract Models.
- R. Halvorsen and N. H. M. Wilson, “The Role of Contract Structuring in Contracted Public Transport Performance: Theory and Practice.” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. Rotorua, New Zealand, July 1995.
- P. Furth and T. Muller, “Conditional Bus Priority at Signalized Intersections: Better Service Quality with Less Traffic Disruption.” Transportation Research Record 1731 (2000): 23-30.
- H. N. Koutsopolos and N. H. M. Wilson, “Operator Workforce Planning in the Transit Industry.” Transportation Research 21A, no. 2 (1987): 127-138.
- Y. Shiftan and N. H. M. Wilson, “Absence, Overtime, and Reliability Relationships in Transit Workforce Planning.” Transportation Research Record 1402 (1993): 98-106.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.