Urban Transportation Planning

Lecture Notes

The nineteen lectures for the course are divided up between the two lecturers, Professor Fred Salvucci and Mr. Mikel Murga.

Week 1 - Course Overview (PDF)
Week 2 - The Big Dig (PDF)
Week 3 - Highway Revolt (PDF)
Week 4 - LOS and Capacity (PDF)
Week 5 - Planning Methods, Models, & Processes (PDF)
Week 5a - The 4-Step Demand Model (PDF)
Week 5b - Workshop: Mind-mapping (PDF)
Week 6 - Land Use and Transportation (PDF)
Week 6a - MIT Parking Presentation (PDF)
Week 7 - Transport as a Tool for Urban Design (PDF)
Week 8 - Spending Other People’s Money (PDF)
Week 9 - Project Analysis (PDF)
Week 10 - Legislation (PDF)
Week 11 - Intelligent Transport Systems (PDF)
Week 12 - Congestion Pricing (PDF)
Week 13 - Transit and Parking Policy (PDF)
Week 14 - Legislation and the Future of Transportation Policy (PDF)
Week 14a - Traffic Calming (PDF)
Additional - FTA New Starts (PDF)
Additional - Rethinking the MIT Transportation System (PDF)

Assignments

Assignment 1 - Gateway Project (PDF)
Assignment 2 - Millenium Database (PDF)
Assignment 3 - Central Square (PDF)
Assignment 4 - South Boston Transit Way (PDF)
Assignment 5 - MIT (PDF)

Projects

The work of the students for projects 2 and 3 is contained in this section.

Assignment 2 - Barberich and Misiak (PDF)
Assignment 3 - Waikin Lee (PDF)