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http://onlinepubs.trb.org.../conf/1999/cp21/21-003.pdf

Transportation satellite accounts are a joint product between the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). These accounts intend to answer the question of how important transportation is to the U.S. economy. The general framework looks at the use of "own-account" (or in-house) transportation and for-hire transportation for some 500 industries. It emphasizes business use; currently it covers neither the personal use of cars, nor the use of cars and other transportation forms by the government, nor the use of capital assets such as highways. Data feeding into it date back to 1992. However, by the summer of 2000, there should be a 1996 annual update of the transportation satellite accounts. Concerning capital stock accounts, a formula is given for calculating capital stocks for highways. It contains an adjustment factor for the decline in productive capacity over time.

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2000

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Information Requirements for Transportation Economic Analysis

0309071240

Digital/other

Economic analysis; Stocks; Transportation planning

Transportation satellite accounts

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; 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
• RELEVANCE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR DECISION MAKING: IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING RESEARCH RESULTS
• SELECTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS: INFORMATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• 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