Lecture Notes

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Lec # Topics
1 Introduction: Transit Industry Status (PDF)
2 Organizational Models in the US (PDF)
3 Organizational Models in the UK (PDF)
4 Experience with Contracting Models (PDF)
5 Contracting with Private Providers (PDF)
6 Measures of System Performance
7 Measures of System Performance (cont.) (PDF)
8 Measures of System Performance (cont.) (PDF)
9 National Transit Database (PDF)
10 Strategic Management and Planning (PDF)
11 Financing (PDF)
12 Financing (cont.) (PDF)

Guest Lecturer: Richard H. Doyle, Federal Transit Authority
13 Budgeting (PDF)
14 Fare Policy and Technology

Guest Lecturer: Dan Fleishman, TranSystems
15 Marketing

Guest Lecturer: Karla Karash, TranSystems
16 Labor: Critical Issues (PDF)

Guest Lecturer: Fred Salvucci, MIT
17 Labor (cont.) (PDF)
18 Strategies to Improve Labor Relations (PDF)
19 Workforce Planning and Management (PDF)
20 Workforce Planning and Management (cont.)
21 Safety and Security (PDF)
22 Supervision and Control (PDF)
23 Transit Maintenance

Guest Lecturer: Susan Altshuler, MBTA
24 Maintenance Planning and Management (PDF)

Guest Lecturer: John Attanucci
25 Management Information Systems: Decision Support Systems
26 Term Paper Presentations