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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.

Understanding the Relatively Greater Use of Public Transit in Canada Compared to the USA

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Paul Schimek

PhD

1997

Sensitivity of Infrastructure Performance to Initial Design and Construction Standards

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Ralph Olaye

MST

1997

A Study of Zoning Laws and Station Area Development in Relation to Tren Urbano

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Richard Sanford

SB

1997

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Evaluation of the Accessibility Effects & Proximity Related Externalities of Commuter Rail Service

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Robert J. Armstrong Jr.

MST

1997

Strategies for Improving Jitneys as a Public Transport Mode

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Samuel W. Lau

MST

1997

Optimal Control Strategies for a Rail Transit Line

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Susan O'Dell

SM-OR

1997

Toward a Positioning Strategy for Transit Services in Metropolitan San Juan: An Initial Typology of Public Perception of Transit Options

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Alan Hoffman

MCP

1996

A Study of Rail Transit System Phasing and Expansion Decisions

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Cathal Ridge

MST

1996

Developing a System Architecture for Intelligent Transportation Systems with Application to San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Daniel Andres Rodriguez

MST

1996

Increased Private Sector Involvement in the Delivery of Transportation Infrastructure: The State-of-the-Art in Transit System Turnkey Contracts

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John Decker

MST

1996

From Centralization to Decentralization: the Politics of Transit in Chicagoland

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John G. Allen

MCP

1996

Delivery of Tren Urbano Station as Strategic Urban Nodes

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Paul Greenberg

MST/MSCEE

1996

Planes, Trains and Automobiles...San Juan International Airport: Designing for Intermodal Access

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Susannah Kerr Adler

MCP/MArch

1996

Electronic Toll Collection: A Summary and Analysis of Current Practices with Application to San Juan

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Timothy Boesch

MST

1996

Factors Influencing Land Development around Rail Transit Stations

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Jeffrey Jan Sriver

MST

1995

Strategic Planning in Public Transport

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Lucy Nicola Shaw

MST

1995

A Methodology for Bus Network Design

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Omar Baba

MST

1995

Changing Parking Requirements in Downtown Districts: Possible Strategies for Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Roderick Diaz

SB

1995

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Vehicle and Crew Scheduling: The General Problem and a Case Study of the MBTA

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Wen-Cheng Chang

MST

1995

Real-Time Control Strategies in Transit Operations: Models and Analysis

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Xu Jun Eberlein

PhD

1995

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