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EDR GROUP, MARCH 2013
Port Infrastructure
Economic Impacts of Highway Projects
Columbia River Crossing
Prioritization of Transportation Investments
FEATURED QUESTION
 
Choosing Economic Analysis Software

by Glen Weisbrod 
President, EDR Group
  

How would you rank the following tools -hammer, screwdriver and pliers? Now you might ask: Why would anyone ask such a silly question ...for each is appropriate for a different use (even though I could bang a nail with a pliers or screwdriver).

 

Well, it is not very different when someone catalogues all of the various types and brands of "economic" software tools and throws together tools for evaluating user benefits, regional economic impacts, land use impacts and economic development targeting into the same list. Yes, they may all have some common economic element (like putting a $ value on time or access), but each has a different intended use.  Read More 

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

 

FAILURE TO ACT: ASCE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTS

Over the last year, EDR Group prepared four reports for ASCE's Failure to Act economic report series, identifying the economic consequences of continued underinvestment in our nation's infrastructure, and the economic gains that could be made by 2020 in terms of GDP, personal disposable income, exports, and jobs if we choose as a country to invest in our communities. The series culminated with the January release of a summary report which presents an overall picture of the economic opportunity associated with infrastructure investment and the cost of failing to fill the investment gap. Read More

ECONOMIC IMPACT CASE STUDIES 

For the Strategic Highways Research Program (project SHRP2-C03), EDR Group led the $1.75 million national study of the economic impacts of highway projects, and the report is now available.  The project included creation of 100 before-and-after case studies of highway projects, and a web-based tool for searching the national database (T-PICS - Transportation Project Impact Case Studies) Read More

COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING

EDR Group conducted economic impact analysis for a proposed reconstruction and expansion of the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River along the Oregon-Washington border.The analysis focused on impacts of the locally preferred alternative that shifts bridge height and roadway capacity. Read More

TRANSPORTATION AND BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY

TRB has posted a literature review by EDR Group on ways in which transportation affects business productivity.  This is part of NCHRP 2-24, a national project to develop a methodology and guide for incorporating productivity gains in analysis and prioritization of transportation investments. The methodology and guide will help DOTs and other agencies to apply consistent analysis methods and produce results that facilitate public decision making about transportation improvements.  Read More