Transportation

Improving the Flow of People: The Victoria Station Redesign

Publication Date: August 27, 2017

Transport for London is in charge of an extensive network of Underground (metro) stations, some of which are more congested than others. This case looks at capacity planning, with the heavy-traffic Victoria Station as its primary focus. The case...

Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport Concession

Publication Date: June 15, 2017

In 2013, Rio de Janeiro's main international airport, Galeão, was set to be privatized through a 25-year term concession. The Brazilian government set a minimum bid value of $4.8 billion for the airport. Five consortia submitted bids,...

Hubway (B): Note on the Critical Fractile

Publication Date: May 23, 2016

In the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in the cities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville in Eastern Massachusetts. Emily Stapleton, Hubway’s...

Hubway (A): Bike Sharing in Boston

Publication Date: May 23, 2016

In the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in the cities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville in Eastern Massachusetts. Emily Stapleton, Hubway’s...

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (LAMATA)

Publication Date: November 19, 2015

In 2011 the World Bank and others were concerned that cities all over the developing world were losing their battle with increasing traffic congestion in part because they lacked institutions that had the authority and the capacity to promote...

The Quest for Sustainable Public Transit Funding: SEPTA’s 2013 Capital Budget Crisis (Sequel)

Publication Date: October 7, 2015

Designed for a course in public finance or in transportation, this case describes the financial crisis that, in 2013, loomed over the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the transit system serving Philadelphia and four...

The Quest for Sustainable Public Transit Funding: SEPTA’s 2013 Capital Budget Crisis

Publication Date: October 7, 2015

Designed for a course in public finance or in transportation, this case describes the financial crisis that, in 2013, loomed over the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the transit system serving Philadelphia and four...

Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds that the merger would reduce competition...

Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

This sequel accompanies case number 2044.0. In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds...

Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project

Publication Date: June 11, 2015

In February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years, the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day...

Extending the Green Line to Somerville

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

In 2012 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick presided over the groundbreaking for a 4.3 mile extension of the Green Line, a light rail transit line, into Somerville, a very dense, older inner suburb in the Boston metropolitan area. The Green...

Ambitious but Achievable: Using Land Use and Transportation Plans to Reduce GHG Emissions in California (Sequel)

Publication Date: March 25, 2013

In the summer of 2010, leaders of California's Air Quality Board (CARB) had to make key decisions on their state's landmark efforts to use regional land use and transportation plans to reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and thereby limit...