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Course Description: Urban Transportation Planning

The Urban Transportation Planning course offers an introduction to transportation planning, including both theoretical and practical approaches. The course provides an understanding of the evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems, and services. Additional topics may be introduced, depending upon speaker availability. Subjects in general include:

• Characteristics of different modes (rail, bus, air)
• Scheduling
• Budgeting
• Federal grants
• Modeling
• Route design considerations
• Transit-oriented development
• Public involvement
• Project development While primarily focused upon transportation issues in North America, international transit systems will be used as comparative study cases.

Course Details

• Course Subject: URPL-GP
• Course Number: 2641
• Course Credit: 3 points
• Semester: Spring
• Focus Area: Transportation
• Faculty: Tiffany-Ann Taylor, Nicole Bucich

Syllabus

The syllabus for the Urban Transportation Planning course is available for download (login required). The course title is "Urban Transportation Planning," and the faculty members are Tiffany-Ann Taylor and Nicole Bucich.