Urban Planning and Public Affairs University of Illinois Chicago UPP 565 Public Transportation Planning and Methods Instructor Dr P S Sriraj Senior Associate Research Assistant Professor 312 413 7568 sriraj uic edu Course Objectives This course covers the theory and practice of the planning operation management and design of public transit and paratransit systems Suggested Reading Khisty C J and Lal B K 2001 Transportation Engineering An Introduction 2nd Edition Prentice Hall NJ Gray G E and Hoel L A eds 1992 Public Transportation 2nd Edition Prentice Hall NJ Meyer M D and Miller E J 2001 Urban Transportation Planning 2nd Edition McGraw Hill NY Vuchic V 2007 Urban Public Transportation Systems and Technology Prentice Hall Vuchic V 1999 Transportation for Livable Cities Center for Urban Policy Research Rutgers University NJ TCRP Report 100 Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual 2003 Compendium of Papers and related information Grading Assignments Exams 1x45 Term Paper Presentation Class Participation 15 45 25 10 5 Code of conduct All written work data and ideas that are not your own must be cited Please refer to http www seas upenn edu grad CODE ETHICS 01C doc for a clear definition of plagiarism and other related aspects of the code of ethics for students The instructor reserves the right to report acts of plagiarism to the Department and the University Date Topic January 12 No Class January 19 Introduction and History Transit modes and Characteristics January 26 Planning Regional and Legislative Issues Urban Development and Land Use February 2 Bus Transit Service and Scheduling February 9 Rail Transit Service and Scheduling February 16 Transit Planning Bus and Rail Guest Lecture Joe Ioccabucci CTA February 23 Field Visit CTA Scheduling Transit Capacity and Quality of Service March Field Visit CTA Control Center Proposals Due 2 March 9 Paratransit March 16 CTA Transit Market Research Data Collection Guest Lecture Jason Minser March 23 Spring Break March 30 Regional Coordination Guest Lecture Mark Minor RTA April 6 Non motorized facilities Guest Lecture Sagar Sonar Multimodes Engineering April 13 Public Transportation Information Systems ITS April 20 Transit Costs and Evaluation Transit Finance Other topics in transit Term paper Due April 27 Student Presentations May 4 Exam II Dates and topics are tentative and subject to change