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3.00 Credits
Overview of the global airline industry, focusing on recent industry performance, current issues and challenges for the future. Fundamentals of airline industry structure, airline economics, operations planning, safety, labor relations, airports and air traffic control, marketing, and competitive strategies, with an emphasis on the interrelationships among major industry stakeholders. Recent research findings of the MIT Global Airline Industry Program are showcased, including the impacts of congestion and delays, evolution of information technologies, changing human resource management practices, and competitive effects of new entrant airlines. Taught by faculty participants of the Global Airline Industry Program.
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Prereq: None
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3.00 Credits
Problem-motivated introduction to methods, models and tools for the analysis and design of transportation networks including their planning, operations and control. Capacity of critical elements of transportation networks. Traffic flows and deterministic and probabilistic delay models. Formulation of optimization models for planning and scheduling of freight, transit and airline systems, and their solution using software packages. User- and system-optimal traffic assignment. Control of traffic flows on highways, urban grids, and airspace.
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Prereq: 1.010, permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Presents basic elements of intelligent transportation systems. Considers technological, systems and institutional aspects of ITS, including system architecture, congestion pricing, public/private partnerships, network models, freight, public transportation, ITS and regional transportation strategy, environmental and safety aspects of ITS, developing country applications, and implementation case studies. Term project required.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Through a combination of lectures, cases, and class discussions the subject examines the economic and political conflict between transportation and the environment. Investigates the role of government regulation, green business and transportation policy as a facilitator of economic development and environmental sustainability. Analyzes a variety of international policy problems including government-business relations, the role of interest groups, non-governmental organizations, and the public and media in the regulation of the automobile; sustainable development; global warming; politics of risk and siting of transport facilities; environmental justice; equity; as well as transportation and public health in the urban metropolis. Provides students with an opportunity to apply transportation and planning methods to develop policy alternatives in the context of environmental politics.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on current practice, developing trends, and advanced concepts in airport design and planning. Considers economic, environmental, and other trade-offs related to airport location, as well as the impacts of emphasizing ?green? measures. Includes an analysis of the effect of airline operations on airports. Topics include demand prediction, determination of airfield capacity, and estimation of levels of congestion; terminal design; the role of airports in the aviation and transportation system; access problems; optimal configuration of air transport networks and implications for airport development; and economics, financing, and institutional aspects. Special attention to international practice and developments.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
History, policy, and politics of urban transportation. The role of the federal government and the "highway revolt." Public transit in the auto era. Analytic tools for transportation planning and policy analysis. The contribution of transportation to air pollution and climate change. Land use and transportation interactions. Bicycles, pedestrians, and traffic calming. Examples from the Boston area.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Discusses evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems and services, focusing on bus and rail. Describes technological characteristics and their impacts on capacity, service quality, and cost. Current practice and new methods for data collection and analysis, performance monitoring, route and network design, frequency determination, and vehicle and crew scheduling. Effect of pricing policy and service quality on ridership. Methods for estimating costs associated with proposed service changes. Organizational models for delivering public transportation service including finance and operations.
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Prereq: 1.201 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Discusses the meanings of urban space and the role of transportation planning in a contemporary metropolitan context. Topics include formation and evolution of land use patterns; job accessibility of low-skilled workers; strategies for improving accessibility; integration of transportation planning with housing, social service, and job placement; and impact of advanced communication and information technologies on urban space. Applies spatial analysis, GIS, and transportation planning methods to a case study of Boston.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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2.00 Credits
Covers the primary methods of analysis required for supply chain management planning. The class solves various practical problems using simulation, linear programming, integer programming, regression, and other techniques. The work is primarily team based with a final exam. Restricted to Master of Engineering in Logistics students
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Prereq: None
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2.00 Credits
Explores the linkages between supply chain management and financial systems and objectives of the corporation. Emphasizes how the supply chain creates value for both the shareholders of the company and for the stakeholders affected by the company?s operations. Sessions combine lectures and data-rich cases from the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer perspective. Topics include supply chain valuation, activity based costing, cash flow projections, working capital management, and trade finance.
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Prereq: None. Coreq: ESD.260 or permission of instructor
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