A Sustainable Transportation Plan for MIT

Lecture Notes

This section includes notes that were intended to capture the discussion that took place in class, as well as accompanying presentations for some sessions.

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TOPICS

NOTES

PRESENTATIONS

1

Introduction to transportation at MIT

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2

Choice of policy options

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3

Working session

 

 

4

Discussion of analysis issues

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5

Current status of MIT parking

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6

Definition of goals and questions

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7

U-pass and transit subsidies

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8

Defining scope of project

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9

Discussion of draft report

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10

Current use of public transit

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11

Model details and parking price structure

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12

Preliminary conclusions

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13

Practice presentation

 

 

14

Final presentation to MIT community

 

 

Projects

The class culminated in a final presentation to the MIT community; both the presentation and the accompanying report can be found here. All work on this page is courtesy of David Block-Schachter, Michael Kay, Francesca Napolitan, and Tegin Teich, and is used with permission.

Final Presentation: A Sustainable Transportation Plan for MIT Campus (PDF - 1.0 MB)

Final Report: Sustainable Transport @ MIT (PDF - 3.4 MB)