Student Theses
Each thesis is the result of two or more years dedicated to pushing the boundaries of public transit design, operations and management. Below are the dozens of groundbreaking theses that students from the MIT Transit Lab have produced in recent decades.
Where to Next? Analyzing Livability and Accessibility in the Later Stages of Life
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Anne Hudson
MCP/MST
2020
Quantifying Passenger Impact of Disruptions on Metro Lines
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Mark Perelmuter
MS
2020
Resilience of Rapid Transit Networks in the Context of Climate Change
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Michael V. Martello
MS
2020
Identifying Commuting Behavior Segments for TDM Program Design: University Case Study
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Tianyu Su
MCP
2020
Bundled Mobility Passes: A Framework for Partnership between Public Transit and New Mobility Passes
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Appar Bansal
MCP/MST
2019
Estimating the Impacts of Route Changes for Chicago's Rapid Transit System
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Ari Ofsevit
MCP/MST
2019
Towards 3-Minutes: Application of Holding and Crew Interventions to Improve Service Regularity on a High Frequency Rail Transit Line
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Gabriel Wolofsky
MST
2019
Future Transit Service for a Broader User Base: Demand Analysis of Hypothetical Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Services Using a Stated Preference Approach
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Jiali Li
MCP/MST
2019
Detecting and Quantifying Bus Operation Impedance: The Balance Between Reliability and Speed
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Maud Sindzingre
MST
2019
Mitigation of Passenger Effects of State of Good Repair Projects Using Automated Data Sources
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Mihir Bhosale
MST
2019
Data-Driven Customer Segmentation and Personalized Information Provision in Public Transit
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Abhishek Basu
MST
2018
Driving Change: How Workplace Benefits Can Nudge Solo Car Commuters Toward Sustainable Modes
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Adam Rosenfield
MCP/MST
2018
Transit Fare Policy: Use of Automated Data to Improve Incremental Decision Making
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Andrew Stuntz
MCP/MST
2018
Modeling Crowding Levels by Trains in High-Frequency Transit Service Operating Near Capacity
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Eli Miller
MST
2018
Value of Information in Dispatching Shared Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems: a Simulation Framework
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Jian Wen
MST
2018
A Framework for Identification of Systematic Service Deterioration in Urban Rail Systems
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Kenji Chigusa
MST
2018
Simulation-Based Design of Integrated Public Transit and Shared Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems
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Yu Xin (Leo) Chen
MST
2018
Uncovering Individual Mobility Patterns from Transit Smart Card Data: Trip Prediction, Activity Inference, and Change Detection
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Zhan Zhao
PhD
2018