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MCP Theses

2009 (on research leave in Spring)

 

2008

: Burgess, Jess, MCP. A Comparative Analysis of the Park-and-Ride/Transit-Oriented Development Tradeoff.

: Hebbert, Francis, MCP. Local Travel Habits of Baby Boomers in Suburban Age-restricted Communities (honorable mention, best DUSP Master’s Thesis)

: Kintala, Kumar, MCP/MST. Leveraging Bus Rapid Transit Lite for Transit Corridor Development: Springfield Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue in Newark NJ.

: Nelson, Joshua, MCP/MST. Stuck With the Bill, But Why?  An Analysis of the Portuguese Public Finance System with Respect to Surface Transportation Policy and Investments.

: Teich, Tegin, MCP/MST. Social Change and Cycling as a Form of Sustainable Transportation: The behavior-policy interaction in a medium-sized developing city.

 

2007

: Justin Antos, Paying for Public Transportation: The Optimal, the Actual, and the Possible (Winner best DUSP Master’s Thesis!)

: Meredith Judy, The Potential for Bus Rapid Transit to Promote Transit Oriented Development: An Analysis of BRTOD in Ottawa, Brisbane, and Pittsburgh

: Francesca Napolitan, Shifting Urban Priorities:The Removal of Inner City Freeways in the United States

: Ritesh Warade, The Accessibility and Development Impacts of New Transit Infrastructure: The Circle Line in Chicago

 

PhD07 Papers and Dissertations

2009

: Kassens, Eva. PhD. Transportation Planning for Mega Events: a Model of Change. MIT, DUSP (Committee member; K.R. Polenske, Advisor), 2009.

 

2008

: Mitsuo, Miwa. Doctor of Design.  Local Accessibility and Urban Structure: Does Sprawl Matter?.  Harvard Graduate School of Design (Committee member; J.A. Gomez-Ibāņez, Advisor), 2008.

 

2007

: Yang Chen, Urban Transport Challenges and Shifting Trends: A Study of Private Car Ownership in Beijing from 2001 to 2006 (first year PhD paper)

 

SB Theses                                          

2007

: Ruth Miller, Dynamic Minds in Rapid Urbanization: How External Experience Affects Opinions on Public Transportation in a Historically Rural Area (Winner best DUSP Undergrad Thesis!)