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.

Visualizing Urban Accessibility Metrics for Incremental Bus Rapid Transit Projects

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Anson Stewart

MST/MCP

2014

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Visualizing Urban Accessibility Metrics for Incremental Bus Rapid Transit Projects

A Methodology for Identifying Potential Locations for Bus Priority Treatments in the London Network

Analysis of the 2012 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Fare Increase Using Automated Fare Collection Data

Exploring the Spatial Implications of Capacity Constraints in Public Transportation Systems: A Scenario-Based Analysis of London

Modeling Household Residential Choice Using Multiple Imputation

Evaluating Online Surveys for Public Transit Agencies Using a Prompted Recall Approach

Whose Parking Space Is it? Managing Residential Parking in the Context of Urban Growth: Case Study of Cambridge, MA

Passenger-to-Train Assignment Model Based on Automated Data

Improving Transportation Access to the South Boston Seaport District

Intercity Passenger Rail Productivity in the Northeast Corridor: Implications for the Future of High-Speed Rail

Evaluation of Bus Priority Strategies for BRT Operations

Cambridge in Transition: Regulating Parking in a Growing City

Bus Use Behavior in Multi-Route Corridors

Quantifying the Current and Future Impacts of the MBTA Corporate Pass Program

Making Data Matter: The Role of Information Design and Process in Applying Automated Data to Improve Transit Service

Running Time Variability and Resource Allocation: A Data-Driven Analysis of High-Frequency Bus Operations

Evaluating the Robustness of Crew Schedules for Rail Transit Systems

Evaluating Service Mitigation Proposals for the MBTA Green Line Extension Construction Delay Using Simplified Planning Methods

An Analysis of Area Type and the Availability of Alternative Transportation Services on Subjective Well-being : Are People Happiest in Cities?

Utilizing Automatically Collected Smart Card Data to Enhance Travel Demand Surveys