linkedin 2 twitter 2

    You are here:  
  1. Home
  2. Library
  3. Transportation
  4. Highway and Multimodal
  5. Transportation Costs: Direct and Indirect Implications for Chicago's Businesses

Latest Blogposts

Using New Data to Improve Transit Networks

Cecilia Viggiano Transit
The transportation ecosystem is changing rapidly. Individuals have new transportation options, and nationwide trends show transit ridership in decline . New technologies, such as automated vehicles, are expected to continue to reshape mobility in th...
Read more

Project Update - Economic Gems: Hidden in Plain Site

Naomi Stein Transportation
A couple of weeks ago, Steve Landau and I visited Columbus to start up a new project with the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. Over the next few months, EDR Group will be investigating, quantifying, and (perhaps most importantly!) describing the...
Read more

New Data and Techniques for Transportation Economists

Cecilia Viggiano Transportation
Highway link speed data from vehicle GPS probes has become the standard for performance measurement, available free to state DOTs through the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS). This data can add value across transportation p...
Read more

Accounting for Equity

Naomi Stein TRB2018
This morning I attended a session entitled "What's It Worth to You? Incorporating Tranportation Asset Value." The session addressed the methods for determining, monitoring, and updating the value of transportation assets to support ongoing reporting...
Read more

Market Access at a Global Scale

Naomi Stein TRB2018
This year at the Transportation and Economic Development Committee at TRB, I had the benefit of hearing a presentation by Binjam Reja of the World Bank about the One Belt One Road Initiative. For those, like me, who haven't been plugged into the int...
Read more

Twitter Feed (new)

RT @NASEMTRB: 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Calls for Papers Now Open https://t.co/YEUqAqRAJa #TRBAM
Now available! - Investment Prioritization Methods for Low-Volume Roads | Blurbs New | Blurbs | Main -via @NASEMTRB… https://t.co/s2589Afyht
Today at 1pm/3pm, EDR Group's Steve Landau is presenting on the FL Aviation Econ Impact Study at the Florida Econom… https://t.co/UGv0MLZCY9