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Is Infrastructure All It Is Cracked Up To Be?
by Steven Landau
Vice President, EDR Group
The idea of infrastructure as a necessary ingredient for U.S. economic growth is as old as the republic. EDR Group's four part series looked at different types of infrastructure and addressed the question of what would happen in the national economy if the infrastructure we have in place decays. The real stories in all four studies are in the dollars that will be lost to the nation. Across the board, business productivity will fall, and costs of goods will be higher to firms and households. Read More |
| INTRODUCING TREDIS 4.0 |
EDR Group announces the release of TREDIS v4.0. A dramatic innovation in economic analysis for transportation professionals, TREDIS v4.0 is oriented toward your decision process. Read More |
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Greetings! | |
Greetings! We are sending this update to alert you to recently issued reports on economic development, energy and transportation.
The EDR Group Team www.edrgroup.com
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| ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PG&E UTILITY SPENDING | |
EDR Group recently completed an analysis of how a newly proposed multi-billion dollar capital investment and maintenance spending by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will affect the economy of PG&E's service area and the state of California. The EDRG report profiles the proposed investments and spending and shows how it will support local construction and repair jobs, as well as orders for equipment, parts and supporting services. Read More
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| FAILURE TO ACT: ASCE PORTS INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT | | The final report in the ASCE Failure to Act series, authored by EDR Group, focuses on Airports, Inland Waterways and Marine Ports Infrastructure. The report concludes that unless America's infrastructure investment gaps are filled, transporting goods will become costlier, prices will rise, and the United States will become less competitive in the global market. Read More.
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| FREIGHT MOVEMENT ON THE GREAT LAKES | |
For the National Cooperative Freight Research Program, EDR Group, together with CPCS Transcom Ltd., assessed the economic impact of freight movement on the Great Lakes to both the US and Canadian economies. The project includes an analysis of the jobs, earnings and output by US and Canadian industry for key states and trade centers served both directly and indirectly by Great Lakes ports. Read More
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| ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN EASTERN CANADA | |
Energy Efficiency: Engine of Economic Growth in Eastern Canada", a comprehensive report released by ENE, finds that large-scale increases in energy efficiency investments bring about dramatic gains in provincial and regional productivity, household income, and job creation. For the report, EDR Group conducted a macroeconomic impact study of multi-fuel, multi-sector energy-efficiency programs on each of four eastern Canadian provinces. Read More |
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