Proceedings of ITED 2014 International Transportation Economic Development Conference

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  Bischak, Greg ; Mann, Christopher R. ; Vadali, Sharada ; Gkritza, Konstantina
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Climate Change Economic Development Sustainable Development Sustainable Transportation Transportation Corridors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HEP-15-028
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  There were two broad objectives of the 2014 International Transportation Economic Development Conference which produced two related outcomes. First, the conference successfully brought together private sector stakeholders in transportation sectors, international representatives, state and local transportation officials, regional development agencies and transportation researchers to highlight and discuss key policy issues emerging within different transportation modes, promote cross fertilization of thinking and identify major challenges and discuss potential solutions. The conference plenary and panel sessions summarized in this report is testimony to the diverse array of stakeholders who contributed to the content and policy discussions at the conference. From these interactions the participants and rapporteurs identified many new directions of policy analysis and future research. Second, many of the panels developed well formulated new research topics that emerged from the give and take of the panel discussions and debates. The conference covered the following thematic areas: Economic development implications of alternative transportation funding and financing strategies; Economic development potential of passenger transport and freight rail infrastructure; Assessing the economic development effects and community change of transit-oriented development; International, national, and regional economic development impacts of the Panama Canal expansion; Linkages of international trade, economic development, and transportation corridors and facilities; Economic development implications of transportation disinvestment; Climate change mitigation effects on transportation investments and sustainable economic development; New perspectives on economic impact evaluation; Economic development within the context of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21); and Transportation improvements and market competitiveness.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ddf817473b61256d28d2e317dd76b844da515aa746a1f172501fcb36983691a598a0bcadf7e257d18972584510bb98101c54514ae00121eb9c8aa83b16d26ee
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