11.S955
The Sustainability Response to COVID-19
January IAP 2021
This course explores the importance of public transportation to social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to identify approaches to restoring transit ridership, with a focus on Metro Boston. We will attempt to (1) understand whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic can advance sustainable mobility, and specifically the role(s) of public transportation in the COVID-19 recovery process, and (2) identify policies and/or interventions that may encourage pre-COVID transit riders to return to transit and attract net new transit ridership.
Readings
- Ryan, Greg (2020). “Is Remote Work Leading Mass. Firms to Consider Moving Jobs Out-of-State?” Boston Business Journal , December 22, 2020.
- Maffei, Lucia (2021). “Boston Staffing Firm Aquent Makes the Leap, Ditching Over 30 Offices.” Boston Business Journal , December 16, 2020.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.