CE259 Course Readers

 

Date

Topic

Readings

Lecture Notes

1/17

Introduction

BART, AC Transit, National Summaries and Trends

 

1/29

Need & Cost for Transit

Newell 1,Newell 2,

Lecture Notes

1/31

Modes, costs, capabilities

TCRP 100,

Lecture Notes

2/7

Demand Analysis

TCRP 66, Factors, Determinants, Route-level forecast, Simultaneous equations model, Station-level forecast

Lecture Notes

2/12

Demand Analysis

MTC Demand Models, Four-step Model

Lecture Notes, Spreadsheet

2/14

Schedule adherence & control

Newell 3, Newell 4

 

2/21

Schedule adherence & control

Dwell time

Spreadsheet

2/26

Transit Network

(TCRP 30) Route Development, Multi-objective optimal design

Lecture Notes

 

2/28

Transit Network

(TCRP 30) Time Table, Case Study

 

 

3/5

Transit Network

Newell 5, Newell 6

 

3/7

Transit Network

Optimal Design of Bus Routes

Lecture Notes

3/12

Transit Signal Priority

TSP Overview, TSP Guidebook, Zurich Transit Priority

Lecture Notes

3/14

Bus Rapid Transit

GAO 1, GAO 2, BRT v LRT 1, BRT v LRT2

Lecture Notes

3/19

Transit Stations and TOD

TOD Profiles, Travel and Build Environment, TCRP 102

Lecture Notes

3/21

Paratransit

TCRP Report 95 ¨C Traveler Response to Paratransit Systems Changes, Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation

Lecture Notes

4/2

Blocking

(TCRP30) Blocking, Vehicle Scheduling Overview, Minimum Cost Network Flow Problem

Lecture Notes

4/4

Run Cutting

(TCRP30) Run cutting, Integer programming

Lecture Notes

4/9

Rostering

(TCRP30) Rostering, OR Models in Transit, Transit Productivity

Lecture Notes

4/11

Transit Labor

Transit Labor Relations Guide; Labor Contract

Lecture Notes

4/16

Public Finance

Chapters 1, 2, 3 of Public Finance, Harvey Rosen (2002)

Lecture Notes

4/18

Public Finance

Chapters 4, 5, 20 of Public Finance, Harvey Rosen (2002)

Lecture Notes

4/23

Transit Funding

California Transit Funding, FTA SAFETEA-LU, AC Transit BRT MIS (1, 2, 3, 4)

Lecture Notes

4/25

Fare Policy

TCRP 94

Lecture Notes

4/30

Transit Subsidies

Unjust Equity by Brian Taylor,

Federal Operating Assistance for Urban Mass Transit by Don Pickrell, and

The Dynamics of Transit¡¯s Decline and Continuing Distress by David Jones

 

5/2

Transit Ownership, Organization, and Privatization

Chapter 9 of Urban Transit, Vukan Vuchic (2005)

 

5/7

Transit Cost Allocation

Cost Variability in Transit Service

Lecture Notes