TMP Program Chair: Teresa Adams
TMP Program Coordinator: Greg Waidley
Nelson Institute Graduate Advisor: Jim Miller, 608-263-4373
A list of the faculty affiliated with the TMP program can be found on our searchable faculty directory.
Transportation is a vitally important part of life in the 21st century. Globalization of the economy, lifestyle choices, and societal affluence increase demands on the highway, public transportation, rail, air, and water transportation networks.
At the same time, concerns grow regarding our reliance on fossil fuels, fuel combustion and heavy metal discharges from vehicles, impacts on land use, and the performance of aging infrastructure.
The Transportation Management and Policy Program (TMP) was created in 2002 to satisfy the demand for transportation professionals who understand multiple dimensions of mobility management and planning, enabling them to make choices leading to more environmentally and socially sustainable transportation systems now and in the future.
TMP integrates studies of environmentally sensitive transportation planning and development with studies of the economic, political, and social dimensions of transportation development. The program is closely associated with the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center at UW-Madison.
Graduate students who complete the program receive a certificate in TMP to supplement their graduate degree. TMP is not available as a stand-alone graduate degree.
The Transportation Management and Policy Program offers a broad perspective on the environmental, economic, political, and societal impacts of the demand for, and development and management of, transportation infrastructure.
Human society depends on this infrastructure to move people, goods, and services. The quality and efficiency of transportation affects the environment, the economy, human health, and our quality of life.
TMP addresses multi-modal transportation forms including highways, mass transit, air, water, and rail. By integrating study of the environment, engineering, economics, spatial analysis, and decision-making with the study of political, legal, environmental, and social factors that shape transportation management, the program prepares students for professional work with public sector transportation agencies, consulting firms, and other organizations concerned with transportation management and policy.
The Transportation Management and Policy Program welcomes applications from students in any graduate degree program at UW-Madison. The program is especially suited for students with academic backgrounds in business, economics, engineering, environmental studies, land management, public affairs, and/or urban planning.
Students entering the program are expected to have completed at least one college-level course in statistics. Students may be admitted with a deficiency in statistics but will be expected to complete at least one statistics course in addition to other requirements.