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Dec 13, 2025
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CE 8640 - Transit Planning
Several essential topics related to public transit systems and management/safety/regulatory issues related to them.
Requisites: CE 7640
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to explain travel demand forecasting, elasticity coefficients, and congestion pricing.
- Students will be able to discuss asset management and design issues.
- Students will be able to discuss bus stop and station/terminal design, vehicle capacity and fleet design.
- Students will be able to discuss about human service agency coordination practices.
- Students will be able to describe the history of public transit and federal/state legislation.
- Students will be able to explain transit board relations.
- Students will be able to discuss safety and security issues concerning public transit systems.
- Students will be able to discuss busses, trolleybusses, and streetcars as rapid transit modes.
- Students will be able to describe the characteristics, differences, and planning issues of heavy rail, commuter rail, and subways.
- Students will be able to describe light rail systems such as monorails, and other guided automated systems.
- Students will be able to discuss paratransit, ridersharing, carpooling, and taxis.
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