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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.

Prediction of Ground Deformations Caused by Underground Construction of the Tren Urbano in Rio Piedras

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Angela Alba-Carbo

MS

1998

Transit Marketing: Strategies for San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Charles Planck

MCP

1998

Suburban Non-Motorized Access to Transit: A Framework for Evaluation

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Claude Morelli

MCP

1998

The Potential Economic Development Opportunities of Tren Urbano

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Daniel J. F. Coloma

MCP

1998

An Assessment of Acuaexpresso: The Urban Ferry System in San Juan

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Eric R. Randall

MST

1998

A Bioclimatic Approach to the Integrated Design of Transit Stations and Their Immediate Surroundings.

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Francisco Ortiz [Delbue]

MST

1998

Assessment of a Precast Prestressed Segmental Concrete Rail Transit Guideway Design

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Hector Cruzado

MS

1998

The Location Efficient Mortgage: A Strategy for Promoting Transit-Supportive Housing A Case Study of San Juan

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Louisa K. Yue

MCP

1998

Emerging Options in Project Delivery and Finance: Tren Urbano and Massport's Intermodal Transit Connector

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Matthew Dieterich

MS

1998

Approaches to Customer Information for Public Transportation: Application to the San Juan Metropolitan Area

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Mikael Sheikh

MST

1998

Job Accessibility in The San Juan Metropolitan Region (SJMR) -- Maximizing the Benefits of Tren Urbano

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Ming Zhang

MST

1998

Managing Privately Procured Rail Transit Systems: A Case Study of Tren Urbano

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Om Prakash Agarwal

MST

1998

Project Delivery and Planning Strategies for Public Owners

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Stephen E. Mahoney

MS

1998

Real-Time Dispatching Control in Transit Systems

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Wei Song

MST

1998

The Role of New Technology in Improving Data Collection for Public Transportation

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Albert Wong

MST/BS

1997

Transit Security: Quality of Life Issues and Strategies

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Clare Epstein

MCP

1997

Analysis of the Short-Turning Strategy on High-Frequency Transit Lines

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Gordon Coor

MST

1997

Intermodal Fare Integration: Application to the San Juan Metropolitan Area

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Joseph E. Barr

MST

1997

Procurement Strategies for Long-Term Control, Operation and Maintenance of Tren Urbano after 2006

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Lee Addo

MS

1997

The Major Investment Study as a Planning and Policy Tool.

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Lisa Klein

MST

1997

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