[Mitworld] MIT Energy Initiative on The Road from Copenhagen, Nigel Wilson on Transit Systems

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 26 |  March 1, 2010

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The Road from Copenhagen
February 5, 2010

Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, 
a five-member panel reviews the pros and cons of the events that took place.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/748

Moderator:
Ernest J. Moniz
Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems 

 Co-director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment

Event Host:
MIT Energy Initiative

"The Copenhagen Accord has some good news; it provides for some real greenhouse cuts by some of the 
major emitters, it establishes a transparent framework which was very important for evaluating a 
country’s performance against their commitments; it initiates a massive flow of resources 
to help the poor, vulnerable nations."
-Rob Stavins

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The Role of Information Technology in Improving Transit Systems
September 29, 2009

Wilson recounts how cosmopolitan transit systems now have the computer capacity to track their 
buses or trains, collect fares automatically, count passengers, trace usage over time, and 
communicate instantaneously between system headquarters and vehicles in motion. But they 
haven’t typically applied the data or other new technology available to them in a methodical 
way to improve service and operations and customer experience.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/745

Speaker:
Nigel Wilson SM '67, PhD '70
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT

Director of the Long-term Programs between MIT and CTA, and Transport for London 


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"People are interested in the overall trip. It’s evolving from the operator’s view to the customer’s 
view of the network."
-Nigel Wilson

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In The Pipeline:

Leading through Adversity

Presented By:
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Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

Speaker:
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President & CEO
Akamai Technologies

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