Role of public transport in a city; concepts of public and private benefits; economies of scale; main modes of urban public transport systems: rail, bus, van and other vehicles; advanced mathematical modeling of mode of operation, route alignment, access, station & stop location, transfer protocols, time table, vehicle & fleet size, reliability; concepts of utility and value of time; detailed functional design & optimization of a bus route, rail line; bus, rail and metro networks.
This course may not be repeated for credit.

Sections

This course will be offered next in Winter 2021.