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About
The MIT Transit Lab is a unique research group within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focusing on innovative public transit research. The lab staff and students partner with transit agencies around the world to solve practical problems using state of the art methods. Since 1980, the MIT Transit Lab has pushed the boundaries of public transit research in collaboration with some of the worlds' largest transit agencies on four different continents.
Continue scrolling for more information about the history of the MIT Transit Lab, the leadership team and contact details.
Transit Lab Milestones
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280 PhD and MS graduates since 1980 (234 since 1994)
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19 current graduate students working with four different agencies
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Over a dozen visiting international students, postdoctoral associates, and visiting professors
Continue to the next slide to see the key milestones of the lab's 50 year history
Director
Jinhua Zhao
Jinhua Zhao is the Edward H. and Joyce Linde Associate Professor of City and Transportation Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. Prof. Zhao brings behavioral science and transportation technology together to shape travel behavior, design mobility systems, and reform transportation policies. Prof. Zhao is an alumni of the MIT Transit Lab.
Prof. Zhao directs the Transit Lab and the MIT Urban Mobility Lab. He is also the Executive Director of the MIT Mobility Initiative.
Leadership
Anson Stewart
Deputy Director & Research Scientist
Haris Koutsopoulos
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Nigel Wilson
Professor Emeritus
Jim Aloisi
Lecturer of Transportation Policy and Planning
Fred Salvucci
Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Associate
Shenhao Wang
Postdoctoral Associate
John Attanucci
Lecturer, Research Associate and Manager of the MIT Transit Research Program
Andrew Whittle
Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ruth Yiu
Financial Assistant
Contact
Looking for more information? Want to get in touch? Send us an email at the address below.
Email: transit-info@mit.edu
Address: 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA, 02139