Micro-dynamics of business location and growth and its effects on the transportation network and congestion in Georgia and the southeast region.

Details

• Creators:
  Ghosal, Vivek ; Southworth, Frank
• Corporate Creators:
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Economic impacts
  • Case studies
  • Supply chain management
  • Automobile industry
  • Industrial location
  • Freight transportation
  • Railroad transportation
  • Highway transportation
  • Water transportation
  • Traffic congestion
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-GA-14-1224
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Georgia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  The project explored the linkages between industry dynamics and economic activity, and the ; macro-congestion aspects of freight transport. The Kia Motors manufacturing plant near West Point, ; Georgia was selected for case study. The principal study effort went into collecting data elements ; in sufficient detail to allow for in-depth empirical analysis. This included collecting economic activity ; and supply chain data associated with the growth in activities both within the plant and among the ; many parts suppliers that have moved into the area to serve it. Impact variables examined include those ; related to employment in a wide range of occupations, schooling, educational attainment, and ; population and migration patterns. A series of economic multipliers are reported, showing some ; significant differences between counties with component supplier activity and other counties in the region. ; The project also developed a detailed spatial mapping and explored the derivation of supply chain ; cost estimates associated with both domestic and international movements of auto industry inputs ; and outputs, involving individual and multimodal highway, rail, and waterway shipments.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  10766
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28867/dot_28867_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.51 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d2c2c5e803208705d58d72c3c8ca74139e820521f744952275cb4a004fd34429