Chatman, DCRP/CED, UC Berkeley
Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (CP114)
Spring 2011
January 17, 2011
Department of City and Regional Planning
Spring 2011
University of California, Berkeley
D. Chatman
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (CP 114)
Syllabus, revised January 18, 2011
TuTh 2-3:30 pm, 101 Wurster Hall
Professor Dan Chatman (dgc@berkeley.edu)
Office hours: Tuesdays 3:30 to 5:30 pm, and by appointment; 410A Wurster Hall
GSI Jon Rogers
(jdrogers@berkeley.edu)
Office hours: by appointment
Course overview
Efficient, safe, and sustainable transportation is essential to the social, economic, and
environmental well-being of cities and regions. This survey course covers a range of themes
related to the planning of such systems. We focus on multi-modal ground transportation-autos/highways, mass transit, paratransit, and non-motorized transport--at multiple geographical
scales ranging from local neighborhoods to large urban regions. The course concentrates on
contemporary policy issues and problems such as traffic congestion, air pollution, energy
consumption, social equity, and transportation finance. The institutional and political
environment that governs transportation planning and practice are an important theme as well.
As background we also study the historical evolution of transportation systems; how
transportation systems have shaped metropolitan areas; variance in travel demand in regions; and
how transportation planning is carried out in the US.
There is one required textbook: The geography of urban transportation, 3rd edition, edited by
Susan Hanson and Genevieve Giuliano (2004, The Guilford Press). Most of the remaining
readings will be in a reader that can be purchased starting Tuesday, January 18 from Krishna
Copy (2595 Telegraph Avenue, at Parker Avenue, six blocks south of campus, phone 549-0506).
The reader and textbook will be placed on reserve at the College of Environmental Design
library in Wurster Hall. The textbook is also on reserve at the ITS Library in McLaughlin Hall.
Some additional readings will be made available via the bspace site or distributed in class. The
list of readings in this syllabus is largely complete, but we will add a few more topical readings
from web sources and newspapers, as the course progresses.
The readings for the first week will be been placed online at the bspace site
(https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal). Lecture slides and other course materials will be posted online there as well.
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Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (CP114)
Spring 2011
January 17, 2011
Assignments and other expectations
Since we have a fairly large group of students, I will run the course primarily in lecture format,
but I encourage questions and interruptions to keep us on our toes, and we will have some inclass student-led activities such as debates and discussions. I expect everyone to participate
actively in a way that demonstrates familiarity with the assigned materials. One way to assist in
this is to jot down questions while you are doing the reading at home and bring them up during
the lectures or discussions. I also greatly appreciate when students can find current videos,
articles and images that can be incorporated into lectures or posted on our bspace site for other
students to see.
We will begin one class meeting per week with ten minute quizzes on the readings that are the
basis for that lecture and the subsequent one. The purpose of the reading quizzes is to give you
an incentive to do the reading, thoroughly. In my experience this greatly increases your
understanding of the material, and the quality of in-class questions and discussions. In the end,
what I care about most is your exposure to a wide range of sources about transportation planning,
and I believe the best way to achieve this is not via lectures but via your own readings outside of
class. I expect you to spend about six hours per week on the readings, although some of you will
be able to complete the readings faster than that.
You and a partner will also write a case study of a transportation policy or project. You will
choose a policy or project subject to my approval. The purpose of the paper is to provide you
with the opportunity to undertake a more in-depth description and analysis of some Bay Area
transportation policy or project. In order to help choose a topic, I strongly recommend that you
subscribe to the Bay Area Transportation News listserv. Go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/ for instructions.
For the case study, I will assign you a partner randomly. You and your partner will submit a
jointly written, 7- to 10-page (2,000 to 3,000 word) paper. A two-page paper proposal is due
Friday, February 25th, and the final paper is due Friday, April 29th. The proposal and the
final paper must be submitted both as a Word or RTF document on bspace, and as a hard copy
printout in my box. I do not accept late paper proposals or final papers except under
extraordinary circumstances. I will provide more details on the paper assignment in the first
week of class, prior to the CED Library resource session on January 25th.
Finally, there will be a comprehensive final exam, in short-answer and essay format. The exam
will cover material from the readings and lectures. It will be designed to be completed in two
hours, though it may take some students three hours to complete it. The exam will be held on
Monday, May 9th from 11:30 to 2:30 pm (room to be assigned by campus).
Laptops, cell phones and other electronic devices are not permitted in class. You will be asked to
leave the class if you use one of these items. In my experience the use of laptops results in less
student learning and can also distract other students not using them. I do expect you to take notes
(by hand) as doing so greatly increases retention of material presented in class.
Statement on physical and learning disabilities
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Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (CP114)
Spring 2011
January 17, 2011
If you feel that you may need accommodations for any sort of physical or learning disability,
please speak to me after class, make an appointment to see me, or see me during my office hours.
Grading and attendance policies
Reading quizzes will account for 35 or 40 percent of the grade (see below); in-class participation
and attendance, 10 or 15 percent (see below); the paper, 25 percent; and the final exam, 25
percent.
Out of fairness to all, reading quizzes will start promptly at 9:40 am and end at 9:50 am. The
lowest two scores on reading questions, including absences, will be dropped when calculating
the grade. Quizzes will account for 40 percent of your grade, unless you do better on attendance
and participation than on the quizzes, in which case the quizzes will count for 35 percent of your
grade.
Note: Reading quizzes will be held on Thursdays through March 31st and on Tuesdays
starting April 5th.
Attendance will be taken into account in the participation grade, along with your asking relevant
questions and participating in discussions. If you do better on participation than on the reading
questions, participation will count for 15 percent of your grade. Otherwise it will be 10 percent.
Statement on academic integrity
Any quiz, test, paper or report submitted by you and that bears your name is presumed to be your
own original work. (Work that has previously been submitted for credit in another course is not
allowed.) All members of the academic community must be confident that each person's work
has been responsibly and honorably acquired, developed, and presented. Any effort to gain
advantage not given to all students is dishonest, whether or not the effort is successful. A
violation of academic honesty is a breach of trust, and will result in penalties, including possible
suspension or expulsion. If you are not clear about the expectations for completing an
assignment or taking a quiz or examination, be sure to seek clarification from me beforehand.
Readings
Below are the readings by week. A “T” before the reading means that you will find it in the
textbook; an “R” means you will find it in the reader; and an “O” means it is online and you can
find the hyperlink on the bspace site on the “Syllabus” tab. There are also some optional online
readings and resources listed in the same place, for those who are interested in the topic. The first
week of reading will be made available on the bspace site for those of you who are still shopping
or on the waiting list.
Week 1:
INTRODUCTION
(Jan 18 & 20):
Overview;
contemporary
travel trends
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Spring 2011
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T
R
R
O
Susan Hanson. 2004. The context of urban travel: Concepts and recent
trends. Chapter 1 in The geography of urban transportation, 3rd edition,
edited by Susan Hanson and Genevieve Giuliano. New York: The
Guilford Press.
Thomas R. Leinbach. 2004. City interactions: The dynamics of passenger
and freight flows. Chapter 2 in The geography of urban transportation.
Transportation Research Board. 2009. Critical issues in transportation,
2009 update. Washington DC: Transportation Research Board.
Robert Cervero. 2004. Transportation planning. In The international
encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences, Vol. 23, edited by
N.J. Smelser and P.B. Baltes. Oxford: Elsevier.
Lena H. Sun. 2008. Travelers turn to public transit. Washington Post,
June 3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060201545.html
Week 2: CED
Library Resource
Session (Jan 25)
Meet in 305 Wurster Hall
Weeks 2-3:
HISTORY, Part 1
(Jan 27 & Feb 1):
Before the Auto
T
R
R
Weeks 3-4:
HISTORY, Part 2
(Feb 3 & 8): After
the Auto
R
R
R
Peter Muller. 2004. Transportation and urban form: Stages in the spatial
evolution of the American metropolis. Chapter 3 in The geography of
urban transportation.
Kenneth Jackson. 1985. The transportation revolution and the erosion of
the walking city; The time of the trolley. Chapters 2 and 6 in Crabgrass
frontier: The suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford
University Press.
Sy Adler. 1991. The transformation of the Pacific Electric railway:
Bradford Snell, Roger Rabbit, and the politics of transportation in Los
Angeles. Urban Affairs Quarterly 27 (1) 51-86.
Peter D. Norton. 2008. Blood, grief, anger. Chapter 1 in Fighting traffic:
The dawn of the motor age in the American city. Cambridge, MA: The
MIT Press.
Brian Ladd. 2008. Freeway revolts: The curse of mobility. Chapter 4 in
Autophobia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Owen D. Gutfreund. 2004. Highway federalism. Chapter 1 in 20thPage 2 of 7
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century sprawl. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Weeks 4-5:
PLANNING
PROCESSES,
Part 1 (Feb 10 &
15): The Federal,
state and local
processes
T
T
Weeks 5-6:
PLANNING
PROCESSES,
Part 2 (Feb 17 &
22): Social and
political issues
T
R
R
R
R
Robert Johnston. 2004. The urban transportation planning process.
Chapter 5 in The geography of urban transportation.
Martin Wachs. 2004. Reflections on the planning process. Chapter 6 in
The geography of urban transportation.
Devajyoti Deka. 2004. Social and environmental justice issues in urban
transportation. Chapter 12 in The geography of urban transportation.
Cotten Seiler. 2008. "So that we as a race might have something authentic
to travel by:" African American automobility and midcentury liberalism.
Chapter 4 in Republic of drivers: A cultural history of automobility in
America. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
Shannon Cairns, Jessica Greig, and Martin Wachs. 2003. Environmental
justice and transportation: A citizen’s handbook. Berkeley: Institute of
Transportation Studies, University of California.
Bent Flyvbjerg. 2007. How optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation
undermine implementation. Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Concept Report 17, Chapter 3. Trondheim, Norway: Norges
teknisk- naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU).
Don Pickrell. 1992. A desire named streetcar: Fantasy and fact in rail
transit planning. The Journal of the American Planning Association 58
(2) 158- 176.
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Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (CP114)
Spring 2011
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Weeks 6-7:
PLANNING
PROCESSES,
Part 3 (Feb 24
& Mar 1):
Transportation
finance;
megaprojects
T
Brian Taylor. 2004. The geography of urban transportation finance. Chapter 11 in The
geography of urban transportation.
R
Martin Wachs. 2003. A dozen reasons for raising gasoline taxes. Public Works Management
and Policy 7 (4) 235-242.
R
J. Richard Capka with the Federal Highway Administration. 2004. Megaprojects-they are a
different breed. Public Roads 68 (1) 2-9.
R
Karen Frick. 2008. The cost of the technological sublime: daring ingenuity and the new San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Chapter 12 in Decision-making on mega-projects: costbenefit analysis, planning and innovation. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA : Edward
Elgar.
Weeks 7-8:
MODAL
PLANNING,
Part 1 (Mar 3
& 8): Walking
and cycling;
traffic calming
R
R
O
O
Weeks 8-9:
MODAL
PLANNING,
Part 2 (Mar 10
& 15): Public
transportation
T
John Pucher and Lewis Dijkstra. 2003. Promoting safe walking and cycling to improve
public health: Lessons from the Netherlands and Germany. American Journal of Public
Health39 (9) 1509-1516.
Ralph Buehler and John Pucher. 2009. Cycling to sustainability in Amsterdam. Sustain 21
(Autumn) 36-40.
Deena Prichep. 2009. Cargo bikes: Go ahead and bring the kitchen sink. National Public
Radio, December 7.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121034522&ps=cprs
Jim Redden. 2008. Bike lanes work, PSU professor says. Portland Tribune, October 16.
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/print_story.php?story_id=122402296838932000
John Pucher. 2004. Public transit. Chapter 8 in The geography of urban transportation.
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Spring 2011
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R
R
R
O
O
Songju Kim and Martin Wachs. 2006. Transit and contracts: What’s best for drivers? Access
28: 26-31.
Aaron Golub. Brazil’s buses: Simply successful. Access 24: 2-9.
Elizabeth Deakin. 2004. Shuttles for the first and last mile. Access 25: 1.
Jon Gertner. 2009. Getting up to speed. The New York Times, June 10.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14Train-t.html?pagewanted=all
IBM hops aboard high-speed rail. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10203013-54.html
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Spring 2011
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Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (CP114)
Spring 2011
January 17, 2011
Weeks 9-10:
MODAL
PLANNING,
Part 3 (Mar
17 & 29):
The
automobile;
parking
T
Genevieve Giuliano and Susan Hanson. 2004. Managing the auto. Chapter 14
in The geography of urban transportation.
R
Donald Shoup. 1999. Instead of free parking. Access 15: 8-13.
R
Michael Manville and Donald Shoup. 2004. People, parking, and cities. Access
25: 2-8.
R
Tom Vanderbilt. 2008. Why more roads lead to more traffic (and what to do
about it). Chapter 6 in Traffic: Why we drive the way we do (and what it says
about us). Alfred A. Knopf: New York.
R
Andrea Broaddus. 2010. A tale of two eco-suburbs in Freiburg, Germany.
Paper read at the Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board, in
Washington, DC.
SPRING BREAK (Mar 22 & 24)
Week 10:
POLICY
TOPICS,
Part 1 (Mar
31):
Congestion
R
R
R
R
Anthony Downs. 2004. Introduction; The benefits of peak-hour traffic
congestion; How bad is traffic congestion?. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 in Still stuck in
traffic: Coping with peak-hour traffic congestion. Washington, DC: The
Brookings Institution.
David King, Michael Manville, and Donald Shoup. 2007. For whom the road
tolls: The politics of congestion pricing. Access 31 (Fall) 2-7.
Matthew Barth and Kanok Boriboonsomsin. 2009. Traffic congestion and
greenhouse gases. Access 35: 2-9.
Tom Vanderbilt. 2008. (i) Why ants don't get into traffic jams (and humans do):
On cooperation as a cure for congestion. (ii) Why women cause more
congestion than men (and other secrets of traffic). Chapters 4 and 5 in Traffic
(ibid).
Week 11:
POLICY
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Spring 2011
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TOPICS,
Part 2 (Apr
5 & 7):
Safety
R
R
R
R
O
O
Eric Dumbaugh. 2005. Safe streets, livable streets. Journal of the American
Planning Association 71 (3) 283-300.
J.L. Gattis. 2005. Counterpoint. Journal of the American Planning Association
71 (3) 298-300.
Gian-Claudia Sciara. 2003. Making communities safe for bicycles. Access 22:
28-33.
Tom Vanderbilt. 2008. Why dangerous roads are safer. Chapter 7 in Traffic
(ibid).
Sarah Lyall. 2005. A path to road safety with no signposts. The New York
Times, January 22.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/22/international/europe/22monderman.html
Tom McNichol. 2004. Roads gone wild. Wired, December.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html
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Spring 2011
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Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (CP114)
Spring 2011
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Week 12:
POLICY
TOPICS, Part
3 (Apr 12 &
14):
Transportation
and land use
T
Genevieve Giuliano. 2004. Land use impacts of transportation investments:
Highway and transit. Chapter 9 in The geography of urban transportation.
R
Peter Calthorpe. 1993. Guidelines; Definitions. In The next American
metropolis, pp. 41-61. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
R
Robert Cervero. 2004. The property value case for transit. Chapter 2 in
Developing around transit. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute.
R
Jeffrey Tumlin and Adam Millard-Ball. 2003. How to make transit-oriented
development work. Planning (May) 14-19.
Week 13:
POLICY
TOPICS, Part
4 (Apr 19 &
21):
Transportation
and the
environment
T
Chang-Hee Christine Bae. 2004. Transportation and the environment.
Chapter 13 in The geography of urban transportation.
T
David Greene. 2004. Transportation and energy. Chapter 10 in The
geography of urban transportation.
R
Gary Binger, Monica Altmaier, Elisa Barbour, Christian Eggleton, Jennifer
Gage, Jason Hayter, and Ayrin Zahner. 2009. Make it work: Implementing
Senate Bill 375. Berkeley: Center for a Sustainable California, University of
California.
R
Julian D. Marshall. 2008. Energy-efficient urban form. Environmental
Science & Technology 42(9): 3133-3137.
R
Jennifer Dill. 2004. Scrapping old cars. Access 24: 22-27.
Week 14:
POLICY
TOPICS, Part
5 (Apr 26 &
28):
Technology
and the future
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Spring 2011
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R
R
R
Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon. 2009. In search of low carbon fuels.
Chapter 4 in Two billion cars: Driving toward sustainability. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon. 2009. Driving towards sustainability.
Chapter 9 in Two billion cars (ibid).
Elizabeth Deakin, Karen Frick, and Alexander Skabardonis. 2009. Intelligent
transportation systems: Linking technology and transport policy to help steer
the future. Access 34: 29-34.
Nicholas Slabbert. 2005. Telecommunities. Urban Land (May) 84-89.
FINAL EXAM: MONDAY, MAY 9; 1130-230P (location TBD)
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