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.

From Marginalized to Optimized: Re-Envisioning Urban Highway Corridors

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Sarah Spicer

MCP

2011

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Student Theses

From Marginalized to Optimized: Re-Envisioning Urban Highway Corridors

Competition and Congestion in the National Aviation System: Multi-agent, Multi-stakeholder Approaches for Evaluation and Mitigation

Productivity of the U.S. Freight Rail Industry: a Review of the Past and Prospects for the Future

Real-Time Ridesharing: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Designing a Technology-based Rideshare Trial for the MIT Community

Contactless Prepaid and Bankcards in Transit Fare Collection Systems

Designing New Performance-Based Incentive Regimes for Operating Contracts in the Province of Gipuzkoa, Spain

Estimating Train Passenger Load from Automated Data Systems: Application to London Underground

Design and Evaluation of BRT and Limited-Stop Services

Using Automatically Collected Data to Improve the Bus Service Planning Process

Applications of Automatic Vehicle Location Systems Towards Improving Service Reliability and Operations Planning in London

Integration of Public Transportation Systems: The Case of Gipuzkoa, Spain

Automatic Data for Applied Railway Management: Passenger Demand, Service Quality Measurement, and Tactical Planning on the London Overground Network

Development Impacts of High-Speed Rail: Megalopolis Formation and Implications for Portugal's Lisbon-Porto High-Speed Rail Link

Customer Loyalty in the Public Transportation Context

Bus Passenger Origin-Destination Estimation and Travel Behavior Using Automated Data Collection Systems in London, UK

Impact Analysis of MBTA Fall 2009 Key Bus Route Initiative Program

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