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This seminar-style class will focus on evaluating and recommending alternative commuter and business-related transportation policies for the MIT campus.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
305 years, 6 months
Units & Quizzes
11
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Emphasis will be placed on reducing transportation-related energy usage in a sustainable manner in response to President Hockfield’s “Walk the Talk” energy initiative. Students will explore the relative roles of MIT and the MBTA as transportation providers, as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of related subsidy policies currently in place for all modes of transportation.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction to transportation at MIT Unlimited
- Choice of policy options Unlimited
- Discussion of analysis issues Unlimited
- Current status of MIT parking Unlimited
- Definition of goals and questions Unlimited
- U-pass and transit subsidies Unlimited
- Defining scope of project Unlimited
- Discussion of draft report Unlimited
- Current use of public transit Unlimited
- Model details and parking price structure Unlimited
- Preliminary conclusions Unlimited
