MIT Open CourseWare: Public Transportation Service and Operations Planning

This webpage offers a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 1.258J/11.541J/ESD.226J, Public Transportation Service and Operations Planning.  Topics discussed include the role of public transportation, current technology, planning for maximum efficiency, vehicle and personnel management, route planning, and the economics of public transport. The page provides recommended readings, problem sets and assignments, and notes for 23 lectures.  This course is part of MIT OpenCourseWare, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate and graduate-level courses online and make them freely accessible.