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| 1 | | | | The Planning Method | | | | |
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| 2 | | | | Thumbnail history of Boston transportation & analysis of historical developments: interstate system, aviation, rail and transit Discuss methods of traffic analysis, how to count traffic, discuss quantitative methods | | | | Pucher, John, and Christian Lefevre. Chap. 1 and 2 in The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America. Meyer, Michael, and Eric Miller. Chap. 1 in Urban Transportation Planning. |
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| 3 | | | | Highway Revolt. Resurgence of transit. Was the revolt a rebellion or a revolution? Discussion of emerging transportation issues & strategic planning model to "map" different approaches | | | | Alan Lupo, et al. Rites of Way Little, Brown. 1971. Gakenheiner, Ralph. "Transportation as Response to Controversy." MIT Press, 1976. www.ite.org site - traffic calming techniques Globe Conference paper by Fred Salvucci. Eisenhower paper Video: Dividing Highways |
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| 4 | | | | Class discussion on modes and characteristics & speed, capacity, LOS, external impacts | | | | Meyer, Michael and Eric Miller. Chap. 2 in Urban Transportation Planning.
Meyer, Michael and Eric Miller. Chap. 3 in Urban Transportation Planning. |
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| 5 | | | | Quantitative methods: GIS, 4-step model, traffic models, NEPA | | | | Meyer, Michael and Eric Miller. Chap. 7 in Urban Transportation Planning. Pp. 7, 385 - 396 (optional).
Meyer, Michael and Eric Miller. Chap. 5 in Urban Transportation Planning. Pp. 247 - 289, 319 - 320, 6, 333 - 353.
Edward Beimborn. "A Transportation Modeling Primer." |
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| 6 | | | | Transportation and Land Use -
Chicken and Egg
The Transit Challenge | | | | NCHRP Report 423A: Land Use Impacts of Transportation: A Guidebook.
ITE Toolbox for Alleviating Traffic Congestion and Enhancing Mobility
Southworth, Michael and Eran Ben-Joseph. "Street Standards and the Shaping of Suburbia Reading on sprawl to be defined." |
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| 7 | | | | Project Selection; cost-effectiveness, prioritization, institutional roles; MPOs and modal agencies.
FTA cost-effectiveness; FHWA system completion method
Transportation planning as urban design | | | | Meyer, Michael and Eric Miller. Chap. 8 in Urban Transportation Planning. Pp. 483 - 523. NCHRP Report 421: Economic Trends and Multimodal Transportation Requirements. |
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| 8 | | | | Spending other people's money-what are the rules? Economic evaluation. Financial evaluation, Programming, Fiscal constraint, Job generation, industrial policy, Constituencies, Jack Sprat, and organization choices | | | | Meyer, Michael and Eric Miller. Chap. 9 in Urban Transportation Planning. Pp. 565 - 570, 586 - 590.
NCHRP Synthesis 217. Consideration of the 15 Factors in the Metropolitan Planning Process: A Synthesis of Highway Practice. |
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| 9 | | | | Environmental concerns-air quality, energy consumption, global warming, NEPA Infrastructure sufficiency analysis | | | | TRB Special Report 245: Expanding Metropolitan Highways: Implications for Air Quality and Energy Use
Marshall, Stephen and David Banister. "Travel reduction strategies: intentions and outcomes."
Pucher, John and Lefevre Christian . Chap. 11 in The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America. |
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| 10 | | | | Legislation as cause of process. Legislation as reflection of public sentiment Legislation and delayed implementation by institutions | | | | To be defined |
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| 11 | | | | Intelligent Transport Systems
Modeling and Policy | | | | To be defined |
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| 12 | | | | Congestion pricing
Parking Policy. Employment policies.
Housing Finance. Tax Code
Transportation and industrial policy | | | | Jose A., Gomez-Ibanez. "The Political Economy of Highway Tolls and Congestion Pricing." Shoup, Donald . "An Opportunity to Reduce Minimum Parking Requirements." Parking on Campus: It's really a Numbers Games MIT Faculty Newsletter Downs, Anthony. "Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Congestion." |
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Operations & maintenance
Airport access and international access
New Surface Transportation and New Aviation Legislation
Privatization | | | | To be defined |
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