11.540J / 1.252J / ESD.225J Urban Transportation Planning, Fall 2006
Author(s)
Salvucci, Frederick; Antos, Justin; Murga, Mikel
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Urban Transportation Planning
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The history, policy, and politics of urban transportation are discussed in this class. Also covered are the role of the federal government, the "highway revolt" and public transit in the auto era, using analytic tools for transportation planning and policy analysis. The class then explores the contribution of transportation to air pollution and climate change, land use and transportation interactions, together with issues with bicycles, pedestrians, and traffic calming. Examples used in the class are taken mainly from the Boston metropolitan area.
Date issued
2006-12Other identifiers
11.540J-Fall2006
local: 11.540J
local: 1.252J
local: ESD.225J
local: IMSCP-MD5-43d9ef26446636a57884e37f43043177
Keywords
11.540, 11.540J, 1.252, 1.252J, ESD.225, ESD.225J, urban transportation planning, history, policy, politics of urban transportation, highway revolt, public transit, auto era, policy analysis, air pollution, climate change, land use, transportation interactions, bicycles, pedestrians, traffic calming, boston area examples, infrastructure, Big Dig, civil engineering, environmental engineering, highway finance, environmental and planning regulations, air quality, modal characteristics, information technologies