Course Title:
Public Transportation
Course Description:
Studies the analysis, planning, and operational design of urban public transportation systems. Topics include service design and scheduling, such as route and system-level design and optimization, passenger flow modeling, rail operations, and bus operational control including automatic vehicle location and priority at signalized intersections. Also covers passenger sampling, ridership estimation, demand forecasting, data collection design, and service quality monitoring, with an emphasis on intelligent systems. Discusses policy issues including pricing, subsidy, and priority. Introduces supporting mathematical methods in optimization and statistical sampling.
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Summer 1 Offering:
Prerequisite 1:
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Cross-Listed Course 1:
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Cross-Listed Course 3:
Prerequisite 5:
Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Knowledge of probability theory.
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Repeatable:
N
