Course Syllabus

This course explores how planners understand transportation by viewing transportation in its historical context, its technical context, and its political context. We will examine the theoretical underpinnings of the transportation/land use relationship, how transportation supports or undermines the economy, how it affects health and the environment, and finally how transportation planning is practiced. Topics include transportation and land value, behavioral economics in travel forecasting and travel behavior and demand management, the auto/highway system, public transit, livery and transportation networked companies, micromobility, sharing (cars, bikes, scooters), equity and environmental justice, mobility pricing, and freight.

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