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This course introduces topics and concepts of transportation planning and methods to analyze the impacts of transportation systems on society. The core of this course is travel demand modeling, which employs mathematical models (Don’t be scared by the name; You will learn how simple some of them are after taking this course) to predict the distribution of travel demand across time and space. The course will also cover methods and case studies on transportation system impact analysis, including benefit-cost analysis and equity impact analysis. Emerging topics such as planning for new transportation technologies, the use of artificial intelligence and big data analytics in transportation planning will also be discussed.