Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation
Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation

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Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780309273602

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TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-C11-RW-1: Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation describes spreadsheet-based tools designed to help calculate a transportation project's impact on travel time reliability, market access, and intermodal connectivity. The report includes an accounting system designed to incorporate the three metrics into economic benefit and economic impact analyses.

Assessing the Benefits of Transport
Assessing the Benefits of Transport

Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2001-04-19

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 9282112845

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This book discusses the full economic benefits - and costs - of transport infrastructure and explores ways to make good estimates of the full impact of planned investments on regional and national economies.

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.