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.

Sustainable Transport at MIT: Improving Area Bus Services

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Aimee Beasley, Victoria Hsu

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2009

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Sustainable Transport at MIT: Improving Area Bus Services

Diagnosis and Assessment of Operations Control Interventions: Framework and Applications to a High Frequency Metro Line

The Myth of the Single Mode Man: How the Mobility Pass Better Meets Actual Travel Demand

Service Reliability Measurement Framework using Smart Card Data: Application to the London Underground

Preference Accommodating and Preference Shaping: Incorporating Traveler Preferences into Transportation Planning

New Priorities for Old Roads: Re-Thinking Roadway Preservation

Transportation Megaproject Procurement: Benefits and Challenges for PPPs and Alternative Delivery Strategies, and the Resulting Implications for Crossrail

Developing a Contactless Bankcard Fare Engine for Transport for London

Finding Ways Out of Congestion for the Chicago Loop -- A Microscopic Simulation Approach

Examining Changes in Transit Passenger Travel Behavior through a Smart Card Activity Analysis

Application of Smart Card Fare Payment Data to Bus Network Planning in London, UK

Fare Policy Analysis for Public Transport: A Discrete Continuous Modeling Approach Using Panel Data

Automating Journey Fare Calculation for Transport for London

Simulating Service Reliability of a High Frequency Bus Route Using Automatically Collected Data

A Model to Design a Stochastic and Dynamic Ground Delay Program Subject to Non-Linear Cost Functions

Transfers and Path Choice in Urban Public Transport Systems

Modeling Driving Decisions with Latent Plans

Shifting Urban Priorities: The Removal of Inner City Freeways in the United States

Improving High-Frequency Bus Service Reliability through Better Scheduling

Privatization of Transit in Yokohama: Social and Financial Impacts