[9.6.2004]

CE8214:  TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS

• Tuesdays 5:30 – 8:00 pm, CE Room 202
• Instructor: David Levinson,
• Room 138 Civil Engineering      
• Voice: (612) 625-6354  
• Email: levin031@tc.umn.edu
• Office Hours: By Appointment
• http://nexus.umn.edu/Courses/ce8214

Description

Applies microeconomic theory to transportation. Topics include: demand and demand estimation, cost and cost estimation, pricing and investment, and regulation and deregulation. Applications cover both urban and intercity passenger transportation as well as freight transportation.

Outline

Requirements

Weekly Summary and Critique of Readings (25%)

• Read all Readings. Summarize and critique article from "Reading for Discussion" ~ 1 page single spaced per article (typed), due in class, prepare to discuss. Due each week.

Presentation and Discussion of One "Reading for Discussion" (25%)

2 Term Papers (25% each)

Texts

Required

Gomez-Ibañez, José, William Tye, Clifford Winston 1999. Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy. The Brookings Institution (ETEP) Available from http://www.netLibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=4905

Policies

Students are advised to see:

http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/

regarding policies on academic conduct.

Fall, 2000

To: Students in the Institute of Technology

From: Peter Hudleston, Associate Dean

The purpose of this letter is to call your attention to the issue of scholastic dishonesty, so that you can avoid any problems during your studies at the University of Minnesota. The basic statement on this issue appears in the Undergraduate Catalog (p. 262) and in the back of the IT Student Guide: The Institute of Technology expects the highest standards of honesty and integrity in the academic performance of its students. Any act of scholastic dishonesty is regarded as a serious offense, which may result in expulsion. The Institute of Technology defines scholastic dishonesty as

submission of false records of academic achievement; cheating on assignments or examinations; plagiarizing; altering, forging, or misusing an academic record; taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission; acting alone or in cooperation with another to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement. Aiding and abetting an act of scholastic dishonesty is also considered a serious offense.

The questions below are often asked by students who seek interpretation of this policy.

1. What is cheating? Cheating is the violation of rules under which an examination is given or homework is assigned. This includes submitting an examination, an essay, a report, or a computer program that is not your own.
2. Does this mean that I can never study with another student? No. We encourage students to study together, and in the workplace you will often work as part of a team. The key issue is whether you are being evaluated as an individual on the basis of the work you hand in. Your instructor should make it clear when team work is expected and when you should work alone. If you are not sure, ask!
3. What is plagiarism? An excellent definition of plagiarism is from the Modern Language Association: "In short, to plagiarize is to give the impression that you have written or thought something that you have in fact borrowed from another." W. S. Achtert and J. Gibaldi, The MLA Style Manual, New York, Modern Language Association of America, 1985, p. 4.
4. When should I cite sources? There are two issues here. The first is to avoid plagiarism. The second is to make sure that the reader can follow your line of thought, verify the information that you have used, or explore the issue further. Some things are known so widely that they do not need citing: for example, the definition of momentum or solving a linear differential equation with constant coefficients. On the other hand, if you are writing for an audience who might not know how to solve a linear differential equation with constant coefficients, you might want to give a citation so that they could find out how. If you find the solution to a homework problem in a text or journal article, you should give a citation. If you are allowed to utilize previously written computer code, published or unpublished, within your own code, you should clearly identify such code and cite the source.

Web Sites on Plagiarism

http://www.georgetown.edu/honor/plagiarism.html - What is Plagiarism?

http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/AvoidingPlagiarism.html - Avoiding Plagiarism

http://condor.stcloud.msus.edu/~scogdill/339/paraphra.html - The Puzzling Paraphrase

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/Files/151.htm - Avoiding Plagiarism

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html - Plagiarism

http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htm - Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/c-merkel/cite.htm - Tips to Avoid Plagiarism and Cite Sources

http://west.cscwc.pima.edu/~bfiero/plagrsm.htm — Plagiarism

http://www.purdue.edu/odos/admin/bacdishf.htm - Deterring, Detecting, and Dealing with Academic Dishonesty

http://www.purdue.edu/odos/admin/bacinteg.htm - Academic Integrity: A Guide for Students