Introduction to Transportation Systems
MIT's graduate-level survey course for first-year Master of Science in Transportation students, cross-listed as 1.201J, 11.545J, and ESD.210J. The curriculum covers fundamental principles of transportation systems, their components and networks, and how such systems are financed, invested in, and operated. It also examines the connections between transportation and related infrastructure and policy systems. Materials available through MIT OpenCourseWare include lecture notes, assignments, and readings drawn from engineering, urban planning, and policy perspectives, reflecting the course's cross-departmental design for students in Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science, Technology and Policy, Management, and various engineering fields. No certificate is offered, consistent with MIT OCW's open publication model, but all course materials are free to access and use under a Creative Commons license.