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ESD.210

Introduction to Transportation Systems

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2008 · Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Economics

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Overview of consumer theory
  • Discrete choice analysis I
  • Discrete choice analysis II
  • Travel demand modeling
  • Freight demand
  • Organizational models
  • Path choice models
  • Theory of the firm
  • Transportation costs
  • Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice I
  • Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice II
  • Transportation revenue forecasting: theory and models
  • Mobility demand in developing countries: some examples
  • Intelligent transportation systems and the impact of traveler information; emerging themes in transportation economics and policy

Readings

  • [S] = Small, Kenneth, and Erik T. Verhoef. The Economics of Urban Transportation . New York, NY: Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 9780415285155.
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  • [M] = Gomez-Ibanez, Jose, William B. Tye, and Clifford Winston, eds. Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer . Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780815731818.
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  • [C] = Cascetta, Ennio. Transportation Systems Analysis: Models and Applications . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer, forthcoming in 2009. ISBN: 9780387758565.
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  • LEC #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction · READINGS: [S] Chapter 1
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  • LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: Discrete choice analysis I · READINGS: [S] Chapter 2 · OPTIONAL READINGS: [M] Chapter 1; [C] Chapter 2
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  • LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Discrete choice analysis II · READINGS: [S] Chapter 2 · OPTIONAL READINGS: [M] Chapter 1; [C] Chapter 2
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  • LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Travel demand modeling · READINGS: Meyer, Michael, and Eric Miller. Urban Transportation Planning . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 9780072423327. (Read chapter 5.4) · OPTIONAL READINGS: [C] Chapter 4
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  • [C] Chapter 4.6
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  • [C] Chapter 4
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  • LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Organizational models · READINGS: Rye, T., and Nigel H. M. Wilson. “The Urban Bus Situation in the UK: Recent Developments and a Case Study of Edinburgh.” Paper presented at TRAIL Seminar on Competition, Public Transport and Service Innovations, March 2002, TU Delft, The Netherlands.
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  • LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Path choice models · READINGS: Guo, Zhan, and Nigel H. M. Wilson. “Assessment of the Transfer Penalty for Transit Trips: A GIS-Based Disaggregate Modeling Approach.” Transportation Research Record 1872 (2004): 10-18.
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  • LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: Transportation costs · READINGS: [M] Chapter 3
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  • LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice I · READINGS: [M] Chapter 4
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  • LEC #: 13 · TOPICS: Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice II · READINGS: [S] Chapters 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 4.3, and 4.5 · OPTIONAL READINGS: [M] Chapter 6
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  • Meersman, Hilde, and Eddy Van de Voorde. “Dynamic Ports Within a Globalised World.” In 17th International ITF/OECD Symposium on Transport Economics and Policy: Benefitting from Globalisation: Transport Sector Contribution and Policy Challenges . Paris, France: OECD Publishing, 2008, pp. 321-346. ISBN: 9789282101681. Heaver, T., Hilde Meersman, and Eddy Van de Voorde. “Co-operation and Competition in Internal Container Transport.” Maritime Policy and Management 28, no. 3 (2001): 293-305.
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  • Van de Voorde, Eddy. “What Future the Maritime Sector?” Research in Transportation Economics 13 (2005): 253-277.
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  • Meersman, Hilde. “Port Investments in an Uncertain Environment.” Research in Transportation Economics 13, no. 1 (2005): 279-298.
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  • Meersman, Hilde, and Eddy Van de Voorde. “Competition and Ownership: Transferability of Experiences from Maritime Transport to Land-Based Modes.” Chapter 15 in Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport: Selected papers from the 9th International Conference . New York, NY: Elsevier Science, 2007. ISBN: 9780080450957.
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  • Bowman, J. L., Gopinath, D., and Moshe Ben-Akiva. “Estimating the Probability Distribution of a Travel Demand Forecast.” Working Paper, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002.
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  • Lam, T. C., and Kenneth Small. “The Value of Time and Reliability: Measurement from a Value Pricing Experiment.” Transportation Research Part E 37, no. 3 (2001): 231-251.
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  • Ben-Akiva, M., D. Bolduc, and M. Bradley. “Estimation of Travel Choice Models with Randomly Distributed Value of Time.” Transportation Research Record 1413 (1993): 88-97.
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  • Gopinath, D. A., and Moshe Ben-Akiva. “Estimation of Randomly Distributed Value of Time.” Working Paper, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997.
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  • Smith, Barry, et al. “Yield Management at American Airlines.” Interfaces 22, no. 1 (1992): 8-31.
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  • Barnhart, Cynthia, et al. “Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry.” Transportation Science 37, no. 4 (2003): 368-391.
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  • Boyd, E. Andrew, and Royce Kallesen. “The Science of Revenue Management when Passengers Purchase the Lowest Available Fare.” Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 3, no. 2 (2004): 171-177.
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  • [S] Chapters 6.2-6.4
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  • [M] Chapters 14-15
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  • Rye, T., and Nigel H. M. Wilson. “The Urban Bus Situation in the UK: Recent Developments and a Case Study of Edinburgh.” Paper presented at TRAIL Seminar on Competition, Public Transport and Service Innovations, March 2002, TU Delft, The Netherlands.
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  • [S] Chapter 5.2-3
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  • [C] Chapters 10.1, 10.2.1-2, and 10.3.1-3
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  • LEC #: 25 · TOPICS: Mobility demand in developing countries: some examples · READINGS: Srinivasan, Karthik K., P. V. Lakshmi Bhargav, Gitakrishnan Ramadurai, Vidhya Muthuram, and Sumeeta Srinivasan. “Determinants of Changes in Mobility and Travel Patterns in Developing Countries: Case Study of Chennai, India.” Transportation Research Record 2038 (2008): 42-52.
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  • [S] Chapter 7
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  • Nicholson, Walter, and Christopher Snyder. Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions . 10th ed. New York, NY: South-Western College Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 9780324421620. Read Parts I, II, and IV.
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  • Larsen, Richard, and Morris Marx. An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and its Applications . 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 9780131867932. Read Chapters 1-6 and 11.
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  • DeGroot, Morris, and Mark Schervish. Probability and Statistics . 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Addison Wesley, 2006. ISBN: 9781428813809.
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  • Pindyck, Robert, and Daniel Rubinfeld. Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts . 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 9780079132925.
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  • Greene, William. Econometric Analysis . 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 9780130661890. Read Chapters 1, 2, and 6.
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Fall 2006

Topics

  • Transportation Systems Components
  • 30 Key Points
  • Class Discussion Based on Article Distributed
  • Modeling / Demand / Equilibrium
  • Modeling / Demand / Equilibrium (cont.)
  • Costing
  • Costing (cont.)
  • Traveler Level of Service
  • Urban Public Transportation
  • Urban Public Transportation (cont.)
  • Introduction to Freight / LOS / Logistics
  • LOS / Logistics (cont.)
  • Modes and their Characteristics — Costs / Service / Operations
  • Operations / Operating Plans / Strategic Plans
  • Freight Intermodalism / International Transportation
  • Project Evaluation and Finance
  • Public Policy Issues — Privatization
  • Transportation Technologies — Their Role and Limitations
  • Large Scale Infrastructure System — The New York City Subway
  • Public Policy Issues — Safety

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