Specialization: Transportation
Transportation planning at Georgia Tech seeks to integrate both the planning and the civil engineering perspectives. This specialization exposes students to the profession through analysis of the following: the urban transportation planning process, data collection procedures, mathematical and computer modeling, impact assessment and procedures for the development and evaluation of transportation plans. The student develops transportation planning skills and a basis for the continued acquisition of knowledge.
The transportation planning specialization has two required courses:
Introduction to Transportation Planning
Transportation Planning Methods and Investment Decisions
Other Georgia Tech courses in this specialization include:
Land Use and Transportation Interaction
Regional Transportation Planning and Administration
Transportation Economics
Statistics in Transport
Travel Demand Analysis
Transportation, Energy and Air Quality
Simulation in Transportation
Transit Systems Planning and Design
Courses at Georgia State University include:
Transportation Management
Transportation and Land Use Economics
There is also a highly successful dual degree program with Civil and Environmental Engineering in the area of transportation.