A new course for Fall 2020!
Course description
Introduces a range of transportation concepts, theories, and models, including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation, and environmental impacts. Also covers core methods and tools often used to study and analyze transportation systems, including spatial accessibility, spatial interaction, spatial networks, and GIS for transportation (GIS-T).
Course Objectives
After successful completion of this course students should be able to:
Have knowledge of the history and evolution of the U.S. transportation system;
Understand the geographic nature of transportation systems;
Investigate and solve various transportation problems using analytical methods and tools discussed in class and applied in labs.
prerequisites
Sophomore standing or higher. Entry level knowledge of GIS is preferred but not required.
Instructor: Dr. Yujie Hu – yujiehu@ufl.edu