Transportation Systems
Course facts
- Payment: Free, no certificate
- Credits: Non Credit
- Learning style: Self-paced, start anytime
- Resources: Lecture Notes; Written Assignments with Examples
MIT OpenCourseWare details
- As taught in: Fall 2004
- Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urban Studies and Planning, Engineering Systems Division
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Learn how freight and traveler transport work as systems: networks, level of service, rail, trucking, transit and air, with notes, assignments and old finals.
Railroads, trucks, airlines and city buses share principles, and this graduate class teaches how to think about them as one kind of system. Designed as an entry point, even as the only transportation class someone takes, it treats supply, demand and level of service while linking transport to energy, land use, equity and economic development.
What You Will Achieve
- Analyze a transportation system’s components and networks
- Explain how shippers and travelers make decisions
- Assess rail, truck, ocean, air and urban transit operations
- Use frameworks for regional planning and institutional change
Program Overview
Transportation Systems Concepts
Block I sets out the general way of thinking.
- Context, concepts and characterization
- Transportation system components
- 30 key points
- Modeling concepts
Freight Transportation
Block II concentrates on moving goods.
- Logistics and freight level-of-service
- Railroad operations and terminals
- Trucking
- Ocean shipping
Traveler Transportation
Block III turns to moving people.
- Commuting and traveler level-of-service
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Urban public transportation
- Intercity air and rail
Course Completion
Job Outlook
This overview supports work in transportation planning, logistics, public agencies and infrastructure consulting.
Good for: Planners, engineers and policy students who want one broad, well-organized introduction to transport.
Keep in mind: From fall 2004, so technology and market examples are old. No videos are included. The notes mix 2004 and 2002 versions, and the 2002 set is the fuller one.
Bottom line: A generous package, with full 2002 notes and past finals, and its 30 key points are a good summary of the field.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which exams are available?
Final exams from 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. They were open book and open notes, and the page advises reading the whole exam before starting.
Is sample student work included?
Yes. Assignments from several years come with selected solutions and student examples, including work by two named students on the first 2004 assignment.
What are the 30 key points?
A summary running through several early lectures in the 2002 notes, setting out core principles of transportation systems before freight and traveler details.
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