本都市运输课程有厚实的理论基础，并以讲稿中提出的三个深入案例研究突显重点。这些案例研究清楚描绘出Mexico, Curitiba及Santiago都市地区所面临的议题，三者皆为中南美洲的大都会。

This class on urban transportation has a broad base, but is highlighted by the three in-depth case studies presented in the Lecture Notes section. These case studies detail clearly the issues facing urban areas of Mexico City, Curitiba, and Santiago, all three metropolitan areas in Central and South America.

这门课程对象目标为对拉丁美洲都市运输和环境问题有兴趣的有志策划人，政策拟定人或者工业决策者。 课程将着重于该地区城市目前面对的运输相关主题，包括∶迅速的汽车化和郊区化，和其对运输基础设施和生活质量的影响；管理公共运输部门及改进私人经营的交通运输系统之道；运输所造成之空气污染问题及其可能的解决方法。

This course is aimed at the aspiring planning practitioner, policy-maker, or industry decision-maker with an interest in urban transportation and environmental issues in Latin America. The course will focus on current transport-related themes confronting many cities in the region, including: rapid motorization and suburbanization and subsequent impacts on transportation infrastructure and quality of life; public sector management and improvement of privately-owned and operated transit systems; and, transportation air pollution problems and potential solutions.

课程将利用学生在制度分析，策略分析，工程计划评估及实施方面的技能和经验，以互动的方式处理问题。学生不需对运输规划有深入了解；相反地，课程将试图把一般从业人员置于特定运输公共政策情境，并以其原有技能设想出真正的解决办法。为符合此解决问题导向，将课程分成两个部分。第一部份是一系列演讲，主题包括：发展中国家的运输议题(汽车化，财政压力，城区的无计划扩张)，因与都市运输有关而纳入的永续概念，地区性策略规划的方法，交通政策，技术选项，及成功施行的范例。在这些演讲之后，课程的第二部分将致力两案例研究，学生将利用在第一部分得到的知识，对两座城市所面临的‘运输---土地使用---环境’困境提出策略解决的方法。

The course will be geared towards interactive problem-solving, taking advantage of students' skills and experiences in: institutional analysis, policy analysis, and project and program evaluation and implementation. Detailed knowledge of transportation planning is not required; instead, the course will attempt to place the general practitioner into a specific transportation public policy situation and draw from her skills to devise real solutions. To fulfill this problem-solving orientation, the course will be divided into two parts. Part I of the course will consist of a series of lectures on the principal issues surrounding transportation in the developing world (including motorization, fiscal pressures, urban sprawl), concepts of sustainability as they relate to urban transportation, regional strategic planning approaches, and transportation policy and technology options and examples of successful implementation. After these lectures, Part II of the course will be dedicated to the two case studies, where students will apply the knowledge gained in Part I to develop strategic solutions to the transport-land use-environment challenges in two different cities.