Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Economics
Lecture Notes
Selected lectures are available below. All guest lectures are courtesy of the person named, and are used with permission.
LEC # |
TOPICS |
FILES |
Introduction |
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1 |
Introduction |
(PDF) |
Demand |
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2 |
Overview of consumer theory |
(PDF) |
3 |
Discrete choice analysis I |
(PDF) |
4 |
Discrete choice analysis II |
(PDF) |
5 |
Travel demand modeling |
(PDF) |
6 |
Freight demand |
(PDF) |
Public transportation |
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7 |
Organizational models (Courtesy of John Attanucci. Used with permission.) |
(PDF) |
8 |
Path choice models (Courtesy of John Attanucci and Nigel Wilson. Used with permission.) |
(PDF) |
The firm and its costs |
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9 |
Theory of the firm |
(PDF) |
10 |
Transportation costs |
(PDF) |
11 |
Midterm exam |
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Pricing |
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12 |
Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice I |
(PDF) |
13 |
Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice II |
(PDF) |
The maritime and port sector |
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14-15 |
Analysis of the maritime and port sector I and II Guest lectures: Hilde Meersman and Eddy Van de Voorde, Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp |
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Revenue forecasting and management |
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16 |
Transportation revenue forecasting: theory and models |
(PDF) |
17 |
Airline revenue management I: flight leg and network models Guest lecture: Peter Belobaba, MIT International Center for Air Transportation (MIT ICAT) |
(PDF) |
18 |
Airline revenue management II: impact of fare simplification on revenue management (RM) models Guest lecture: Peter Belobaba, MIT ICAT |
(PDF) |
Finance, regulation, and competition |
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19 |
Project finance I Guest lecture: Jon Bottom, CRA International |
(PDF) |
20 |
Project finance II Guest lecture: Jon Bottom, CRA International |
(PDF) |
21 |
Project finance III Regulation of transportation industries Guest lectures: Jon Bottom, CRA International |
(PDF) |
Project evaluation and programming |
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22 |
Project evaluation and programming I Guest lecture: Lance Neumann, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. |
(PDF) |
23 |
Project evaluation and programming II Guest lecture: Lance Neumann, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. |
(PDF) |
Developing countries |
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24 |
Developing country urban mobility: the sustainable development imperative Guest lecture: Chris Zegras, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning |
(PDF) |
25 |
Mobility demand in developing countries: some examples |
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Intelligent transportation systems, conclusion |
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26 |
Intelligent transportation systems and the impact of traveler information; emerging themes in transportation economics and policy |
(PDF) |
Assignments
ASSIGNMENTS |
FILES |
Homework 1 |
(PDF) |
Homework 2 |
(PDF) |
Homework 3 |
(PDF) |
Homework 4 |
(PDF) |
Homework 5 Worksheet |
(PDF) (XLS) |
Exams
EXAMS |
FILES |
2008 exams |
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Midterm Final |
(PDF) (PDF) |
Exam study materials |
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Sample pricing problems 2007 final exam |