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.

Probabilistic Analysis of Route Deviation Bus Lines

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Patrick Jaillet

MST

1982

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Probabilistic Analysis of Route Deviation Bus Lines

Dealing with Change in an Organization's Operational Environment: The Transit Agency's Response to Austerity

The Role of the Private Sector in Urban Transportation

Information Use and Decision Processes In Short Range Transit Planning

Bus Allocation Models for Capacity Constrained Transit Systems with Overlapping Routes

Transit Planning Under Crisis Conditions

A Planning Framework for Rural Transportation Systems in Switzerland

Designing bus routes in urban corridors

Optimal Strategies in Waiting for Common Bus Lines

A Framework for Identification and Evaluation of Low Cost Public Transport Improvements

Transit Vehicle Maintenance: A Framework for the Development of More Productive Programs

Setting Frequencies On Bus Routes

Short Range Bus Transit Planning: Demand Prediction at the Route Level

Identifying Service Improvements in Urban Bus Operations

Some Issues in Transit Reliability

Evaluation of Demand Responsive Transit as a Visible Urban Transportation Alternative

Who Should Run Boston's Buses?

Dynamic Programing Algorithms for Specially Structured Sequencing and Routing Problems in Transportation

Determinants of the Level and Reliability of Service in a Many-To-Many Dial-A-Ride System

A Simulation of Train Operations at Copley Junction