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.

Control, Incentives and Penalties in the Transit Contracting Process

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Demian R. Galli

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2004

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Control, Incentives and Penalties in the Transit Contracting Process

The Evolution of Airline Distribution Channels and Their Effects on Revenue Management Performance

Accessibility-Based Transit Planning

Reclaiming Residual Spaces from Elevated Transport Infrastructure Time, Space, and Activities under the Chicago Brown Line

The Planning and Analysis Implications of Automated Data Collection Systems: Rail Transit OD Matrix Inference and Path Choice Modeling Examples

Impacts of Urban Transportation Congestion and Pollution Reduction Policies: Analytical Studies of Two Latin American Cities

Paying for Transit Operations: Challenges and Solutions for the Chicago Transit Authority

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Increased Funding for Public Transportation in Chicago

Evaluating Airline-Transit Cooperation in Airport Rail and Remote Check-In Services: A Strategic Approach for Increased Ridership

Service Design for Heavy Demand Corridors: Limited-Stop Bus Service

Logistics Service Network Design: Models, Algorithms, and Applications

A Transit Pass in Everyone's Hand?" - Implementing Unlimited Access Pass Programs as a Strategy to Increase Transit Ridership

Ground Access to Domestic Airports: The Creation of a Federal Program to Streamline Enhancement and Modernization Projects

Raise the Roof: Are Location Efficient Mortgages an Effective Tool for Increasing Equity, Wealth, and Transit Ridership?

A Process for Improving Transit Service Management During Disruptions

Transit Pathways to Urban Parks: Interventions for Balancing Development, Preservation and Accessibility

Use of Automatically Collected Data to Improve Transit Line Performance

Getting There is Half the Problem: Removing Obstacles to Accessing Rail Transit

Bus Rapid Transit: Impacts on Travel Behavior in Bogota

Joint Development of Mixed-Use Transit Stations