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.

An Image and Multimedia Database for Tren Urbano: Application to Technology

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Alexander Kavanagh

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2001

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An Image and Multimedia Database for Tren Urbano: Application to Technology

A Real-Time Train Holding Model for Rail Transit Systems

Unlimited Access for San Juan's University Population: A Market Study of Student Attitudes Toward Transit

Extended Discrete Choice Models: Integrated Framework, Flexible Error Structures, and Latent Variables

Street Design, Traffic, and Fear of Crime: Moving from Gated Communities to Transit Villages

Bus Signal Priority and Operational Control Strategies For the Old San Juan Corridor

Bus Signal Priority and Operational Control Strategies For the Old San Juan Corridor

Toward Better Station Access in Pedestrian-Unfriendly Station Environments

A Real-Time Evaluation Framework for Maximizing the Likelihood of Success on Large Public Infrastructure Projects

Interface Design for Spatial Data Visualization: A Web-Based Integrated Multimedia Approach for the Tren Urbano Project

Determining Relationships and Policies that Transit Properties Have with Employers to Increase Ridership

Regional Planning and Operations Architectures as Means to Foster Transportation Integration in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Developing High-density Housing near Tren Urbano Stations: Financial Feasibility for Transit Supportive Condominiums

Improving Network Performance of Urban Transit Systems

Strategic Transit Service Planning in the Santurce / Old San Juan Corridor

Analytical Methods to Interpret Ground Deformations Due to Soft Ground Tunneling

Analysis of Real-Time Operations Control Strategies for Tren Urbano

The Intermodal Connection: Integrating New Rail Lines with Existing Transit Services

The Use of Market Research Methods in Understanding Choice Transit Riders

Collaborative Negotiation Methodology for an Innovative Procured, Multi-Cultural and Multi-Phase Projects