Information requirements for transportation economic analysis
Subtitle: proceedings of a conference, Irvine, California, August 19-21, 1999
By: sponsored by Transportation Research Board, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.; United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Series: Conference proceedings / Transportation Research Board, National Research Council -- 21.; Conference proceedings (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) -- 21.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Transportation -- United States -- Finance -- Congresses.; Transportation -- United States -- Planning -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Conference participants sought to identify gaps in the data and analytic tools needed to support economic analysis as related to transportation investment and to develop research proposals designed to fill those gaps. The opening day of the conference featured presentations by economists, transportation analysts, and policy makers on the theory and practice of economic analysis and its usefulness to decision makers. The second and third days of the conference revolved around participatory workshops. Six separate working groups deliberated over three questions: (1) What is the appropriate level of investment in transportation to encourage economic health? (2) How should projects be prioritized within a multimodal transportation program? (3) How much revenue is likely to flow from user charges, tolls, and other sources? At the conclusion of its deliberations, each working group developed a list of research proposals, which it then presented to the conference as a whole.
Notes: "...Participants ... convened over 3 days to identify gaps in the data and analytic tools needed to support economic analysis as related to transportation investment and to develop research proposals designed to fill those gaps"--p. 3.

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