UP 437: Public Transportation Planning

Course Description

Introduces the fundamentals of planning for public transportation in cities and regions. Students will learn about the benefits and challenges of providing public transportation services; planning fundamentals (history, policy, governance, finance); connections between transportation and land use; types and uses of data for system planning and design; service planning methods (capacity analysis, network and route design); and emerging trends in service provision. Activities will include hands-on projects designed around skills and core competencies that practitioners have identified as critical for transportation planners. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.