Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Description
This course provides a systematic coverage of public transportation characteristics, technology, and operations. The course presents a history of transit development in the U.S., and overview of trends in transit ridership, a review of transit systems and their usage worldwide, the fundamentals of transit vehicle motion, bus supply, operating and performance characteristics, and rail transit supply characteristics.