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No.
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Date
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Topic
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Comment
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1
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1/22
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No class – Transportation Research Board
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|
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Part 1: Role of government in
transportation markets
|
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2
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1/29
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Policy analysis in transportation + Role of government in transportation
markets
|
|
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3
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2/5
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Policy environment: Drivers and trends + pricing
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ASSIGNMENT 1 OUT
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4
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2/12
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Infrastructure financing + Transportation and Economic
Development
|
|
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Part 2: Transportation project evaluation
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5
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2/19
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Evaluation of transportation projects: Approaches, induced
demand & value of time
|
ASSIGNMENT 2 OUT
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6
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2/26
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Evaluation of transportation projects: Safety, environmental impacts
and costs + Project planning: Streamlining
|
ASSIGNMENT
1 DUE
|
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Part 3: Policy responses to congestion
|
|
7
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3/5
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Is congestion a problem? Diagnosis and feasibility of
congestion pricing
|
|
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8
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3/19
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Video and discussion
|
ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE
ASSIGNMENT 3 OUT
|
|
9
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3/26
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Is congestion a problem? Land use solutions to congestion
|
|
|
Part 4: Transportation and sustainability
|
|
10
|
4/2
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Transportation and poverty + Transportation and local food
buying
|
|
|
11
|
4/9
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Transportation and pollution: policy options + politics
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|
|
12
|
4/16
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The walk mode: insights and policy responses
|
ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE
|
|
13
|
4/23
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Environmental justice in transportation: Background and
approach and example
|
|
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14
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4/23
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Final paper presentations
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PRESENTATIONS AND PAPER DUE
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