Selected lectures are available below. All guest lectures are courtesy of the person named, and are used with permission.
| LEC # | TOPICS | FILES |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF) |
| Demand | ||
| 2 | Overview of consumer theory | (PDF) |
| 3 | Discrete choice analysis I | (PDF) |
| 4 | Discrete choice analysis II | (PDF) |
| 5 | Travel demand modeling | (PDF) |
| 6 | Freight demand | (PDF) |
| Public transportation | ||
| 7 | Organizational models (Courtesy of John Attanucci. Used with permission.) | (PDF) |
| 8 | Path choice models (Courtesy of John Attanucci and Nigel Wilson. Used with permission.) | (PDF) |
| The firm and its costs | ||
| 9 | Theory of the firm | (PDF) |
| 10 | Transportation costs | (PDF) |
| 11 | Midterm exam | |
| Pricing | ||
| 12 | Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice I | (PDF) |
| 13 | Pricing of transportation services: theory and practice II | (PDF) |
| The maritime and port sector | ||
| 14-15 | Analysis of the maritime and port sector I and II Guest lectures: Hilde Meersman and Eddy Van de Voorde, Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp | |
| Revenue forecasting and management | ||
| 16 | Transportation revenue forecasting: theory and models | (PDF) |
| 17 | Airline revenue management I: flight leg and network models Guest lecture: Peter Belobaba, MIT International Center for Air Transportation (MIT ICAT) | (PDF) |
| 18 | Airline revenue management II: impact of fare simplification on revenue management (RM) models Guest lecture: Peter Belobaba, MIT ICAT | (PDF) |
| Finance, regulation, and competition | ||
| 19 | Project finance I Guest lecture: Jon Bottom, CRA International | (PDF) |
| 20 | Project finance II Guest lecture: Jon Bottom, CRA International | (PDF) |
| 21 | Project finance III Regulation of transportation industries Guest lectures: Jon Bottom, CRA International | (PDF) |
| Project evaluation and programming | ||
| 22 | Project evaluation and programming I Guest lecture: Lance Neumann, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. | (PDF) |
| 23 | Project evaluation and programming II Guest lecture: Lance Neumann, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. | (PDF) |
| Developing countries | ||
| 24 | Developing country urban mobility: the sustainable development imperative Guest lecture: Chris Zegras, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning | (PDF) |
| 25 | Mobility demand in developing countries: some examples | |
| Intelligent transportation systems, conclusion | ||
| 26 | Intelligent transportation systems and the impact of traveler information; emerging themes in transportation economics and policy | (PDF) |