Joseph Sussman
MIT professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Joseph M. Sussman is the JR East Professor (endowed by the East Japan Railway Company) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Engineering Systems Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has served as a faculty member for 40 years. He is the author of "Introduction to Transportation Systems," a graduate text published in 2000, in use at a number of universities in the U.S. and abroad. It has been translated into Greek, Chinese and Spanish. His book Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) was published in 2005. Sussman received the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from TRB, its highest honor, “for significant contributions to research” in 2001, and the CUTC Award for Distinguished Contribution to University Transportation Education and Research from the Council of University Transportation Centers in 2003. In 2002 ITS Massachusetts named its annual “Joseph M. Sussman Leadership Award” in his honor. He became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007. The Engineering School Alumni of the City College of New York (CCNY) gave him its 2008 Career Achievement Award.
Congestion pricing in England’s capital has upped the share of travelers that are using public transportation.
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Dynamic road pricing could solve congestion problems, but is it socially equitable?
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Other countries have it. Why doesn’t the U.S.? Because we’ve been unwilling to pay.
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When it comes to adopting transportation issues, the federal government has a special role as a cheerleader.
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Transportation systems have to operate on these dimensions to be effective: economic development, environmental protection and social equity.
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A conversation with the MIT professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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