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http://onlinepubs.trb.org.../conf/1999/cp21/21-015.pdf

This paper is about the transportation planning process--the public-sector analog to the investment decision-making process of the private sector. The paper's purpose is to identify the looming informational deficits in measuring the impact of transportation on regional economic health, in estimating the revenues available to finance transportation system development and operation, and in evaluating transportation alternatives. The paper examines the informational requirements of the transportation decision process. The process is viewed as a hierarchy of policies, programs, and projects. The paper first describes how transportation economists believe the decision process should function, identifying the analytic steps and key informational requirements of the process. It then goes on to identify key deficits in the informational resources that are available to decision makers and provides draft research statements in key areas.

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00796898

English

p. 114-127

2000

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Information Requirements for Transportation Economic Analysis

0309071240

Digital/other

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Alternatives analysis; Decision making; Economic impacts; Future; Investments; Research; Revenues; Transportation planning

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Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Aug 4 2000 12:00AM

• ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR DECISION MAKING ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES
• ESTIMATING REVENUES FROM USER CHARGES, TAXES, AND FEES: IDENTIFYING INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
• ESTIMATION OF REVENUES FROM USE CHARGES, TAXES, AND OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME
• HOW LEVELS OF INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION AFFECT ECONOMIC HEALTH
• HOW LEVELS OF TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT AFFECT ECONOMIC HEALTH
• IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION: CANADA'S EXPERIENCE
• INFORMATION FOR TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: STATE OF THE ART AND RELEVANCE FOR DECISION MAKING
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ECONOMIC INFORMATION: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AT THE STATE, METROPOLITAN, AND PROJECT LEVELS
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ECONOMIC INFORMATION: RATE OF RETURN AND PRODUCTIVITY STUDIES, COMMODITY AND PASSENGER FLOW DATA, AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ECONOMIC INFORMATION: TRANSPORTATION SATELLITE ACCOUNTS AND CAPITAL STOCKS ACCOUNTS
• RELEVANCE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR DECISION MAKING: IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING RESEARCH RESULTS
• STRATEGIES FOR MEASURING PRODUCTIVE HIGHWAY CAPITAL STOCKS
• TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS: A TOP CONCERN OF THE PUBLIC
• WHY INFORMATION MATTERS: GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• WHY INFORMATION MATTERS: WEST VIRGINIA: A RURAL POINT OF VIEW