11.540J / 1.252J / ESD.225J Urban Transportation Planning, Fall 2006
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...
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| author | Salvucci, Frederick Antos, Justin Murga, Mikel |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1077062025-02-21T15:46:23Z 11.540J / 1.252J / ESD.225J Urban Transportation Planning, Fall 2006 Urban Transportation Planning Salvucci, Frederick Antos, Justin Murga, Mikel Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division 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 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. 2006-12 Learning Object 11.540J-Fall2006 local: 11.540J local: 1.252J local: ESD.225J local: IMSCP-MD5-43d9ef26446636a57884e37f43043177 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107706 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2017. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. Usage Restrictions: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ text/html Fall 2006 |
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