A selection of notes from the course lectures is included below. All work is courtesy of the lecturer named and used with permission.
| SES # | Topics | |
|---|---|---|
| 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? | |
| Part I: Understanding the Metropolitan-"izing" World | ||
| 2 | Metropolitan-ization Forces, Patterns and Trends, Concerns (PDF) | |
| 3 | "Models" of the Metropolis (PDF) | |
| 4 | "Regional Architectures": Institutions of the Metropolis (PDF) | |
| Part II: The Basics of Activities and Travel | ||
| 5 | Accessibility: The Land Use-Transportation Link ( PDF - 1.4 MB) | |
| 6 | Basics of Travel Demand: Persons and Firms (PDF) | |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Mobility/Accessibility = f (Land Use): Analytical Approaches | |
| 10 | Mobility/Accessibility = f (Land Use): A Matter of Scale | |
| 11 | Measuring Urban Form and Urban Design | |
| 12 | Implications for Planning Policies and Tools | |
| 13 | Financial Instruments (PDF) | |
| Part IV: The Influence of Transportation on Land Use | ||
| 14 | Transportation and Metropolitan Growth: History of Effects | |
| 15 | Public Transportation and Metropolitan Growth | |
| 16 | Public Transportation and Metropolitan Growth: Case Studies in Integration | |
| 17 | Passaic Studio Presentation | |
| 18 | Roadways and Metropolitan Growth | |
| 19 | Roadways and Metropolitan Growth: São Paulo Case Guest Speaker: Ciro Biderman | |
| 20 | Transportation and Metropolitan Growth: Financial Instruments | |
| 21 | Transportation Networks and Travel Behavior | |
| Part V: Metropolitan Futures | ||
| 22 | Pulling It All Together: Land Use, Mobility, Accessibility Guest Speaker: Chris Porter, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. | |
| 23 | Back to the Future? Land Use Mobility, Accessibility in Metropolitan China (PDF) | |
| 24 | The Future of the Metropolis: Theoretical Speculations (PDF) | |
| 25 | The Future of the Metropolis: Tools and Models (PDF - 9.1 MB) Guest Speaker: Mikel Murga | |
| 26 | Student Presentations | |