| Ses # | Topics | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning? Course Overview, Objectives, Expectations, Logistics, Student Interests, Basic Course Framework, Why Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning? |
Introductory Assignment (Your Neighborhood) out |
| Part I: Understanding the Metropolitan-"izing" World | ||
| 2 | Metropolitan-ization Forces, Patterns and Trends, Concerns | |
| 3 | "Models" of the Metropolis | Introductory Assignment due |
| 4 | "Regional Architectures": Institutions of the Metropolis | |
| Part II: The Basics of Activities and Travel | ||
| 5 | Accessibility: The Land Use-Transportation Link | |
| 6 | Basics of Travel Demand: Persons and Firms | Assignment I (Accessibility Management in the Metropolis) out |
| Part III: The Influence of Land Use on Mobility and Accessibility | ||
| 7 | Mobility/Accessibility = f (Land Use): Something New? | |
| 8 | Mobility/Accessibility = f (Land Use): Conceptualizing the Effects | Assignment I due |
| 9 | Mobility/Accessibility = f (Land Use): Analytical Approaches | |
| 10 | Mobility/Accessibility = f (Land Use): A Matter of Scale | Assignment II (Santiago de Chile) out |
| 11 | Measuring Urban Form and Urban Design | |
| 12 | Implications for Planning Policies and Tools | Assignment II due Assignment III (North Point, Cambridge) out |
| 13 | Financial Instruments | |
| Part IV: The Influence of Transportation on Land Use | ||
| 14 | Transportation and Metropolitan Growth: History of Effects | Assignment III due Assignment IV (Passaic Urban Design Studio) out |
| 15 | Public Transportation and Metropolitan Growth | |
| 16 | Public Transportation and Metropolitan Growth: Case Studies in Integration | |
| 17 | Passaic Studio Presentation | Assignment IV due (Student groups will present their results of the passaic studio analysis to the studio) |
| 18 | Roadways and Metropolitan Growth | |
| 19 | Roadways and Metropolitan Growth: São Paulo Case Guest Speaker: Ciro Biderman |
Assignment V (São Paulo Ring Road) out |
| 20 | Transportation and Metropolitan Growth: Financial Instruments | |
| 21 | Transportation Networks and Travel Behavior | Assignment V due |
| Part V: Metropolitan Futures | ||
| 22 | Pulling It All Together: Land Use, Mobility, Accessibility Guest Speaker: Chris Porter, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. |
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| 23 | Back to the Future? Land Use Mobility, Accessibility in Metropolitan China | Assignment VI (China Metropolitan Futures) out |
| 24 | The Future of the Metropolis: Theoretical Speculations | |
| 25 | The Future of the Metropolis: Tools and Models Guest Speaker: Mikel Murga |
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| 26 | Student Presentations | Assignment VI due |