Case Studies of the Economic Impact of Highway Bypasses in Kansas
Case Studies of the Economic Impact of Highway Bypasses in Kansas

Author: Michael W. Babcock

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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Case studies of the economic impacts of highway bypasses on individual towns are needed since the effects of bypasses may vary a great deal from place to place. The objectives of this report were for a sample of small Kansas towns that have highway bypasses, (1) assess the impact of the bypass on the towns' total employment, (2) measure the impact on retail sales of the towns' travel-related businesses, (3) measure the impact on employment of the towns' travel-related businesses, (4) measure the impact on labor cost per employee of the towns' travel-related businesses, and for the Kansas counties that contain the sample of small Kansas towns that have bypasses, (5) assess the incremental impact on the county's road maintenance expenditures of assuming maintenance responsibility for the previous road alignment.

Impacts of Highway Bypasses on Kansas Towns
Impacts of Highway Bypasses on Kansas Towns

Author: David Burress

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 134

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This report provides literature reviews, empirical findings and policy analysis related to some of the effects of building a highway bypass around a small town in Kansas. The report describes three types of models: an origin-destination model showing the number of trips between each town and city in Kansas; a model to estimate the value of the time-saving generated for through traffic by bypasses in Kansas; and a variety of economic impact regression models.

Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments
Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments

Author: Glen Weisbrod

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780309068734

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This synthesis report will be of interest to DOT administrators, supervisors, and staff, as well as to the consultants working with them in assessing the economic development impacts of existing or proposed transportation investments. Metropolitan Planning Organization regional and local staffs might also find it informative. It is intended to help practicing planners become aware of the range of methods and analysis techniques available, organized by the different categories of agency needs, to address different types of planning, policy, and research needs. This synthesis summarizes the current state of the practice by means of a survey of transportation planning agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This report provides reviews of the analysis methods used in recent project and program evaluation reports of these agencies, in addition to a bibliography of economic literature and guides.