NTL Record

Title Supporting economic development with highway investment
Record ID 60566
Personal Name
Creator
Lee, Doug; Futcher, Emily
Source 64p.
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20151100
Language English
Abstract Federal transportation regulations and law direct State and local transportation agencies to account for economic development plans in transportation planning processes. While Federal law is not prescriptive about how State and local agencies account for economic development, there exists a need for better understanding of how highway projects can support economic development and the economic competitiveness of local and regional economies. This document is a primer on economic development, and includes a glossary of relevant terms, discussion of available economic analysis methods and tools, and descriptions of current practice in estimating economic development impacts by agencies of different sizes. The primer focuses on economic development concepts and economic development impacts generally, in the context of discussing the role of highway investment within a package of economic development actions and policies.
Rosap ID dot:12395
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12395
TRT Terms Case studies; Economic analysis; Economic development; Strategic planning; Transportation planning; Highway planning; State of the practice; Investments; Highways
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Economic and Community Development;
NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Economic Impacts;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1616425
Report Number FHWA-HEP-16-XXX
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/60000/60500/60566/HighwayInvestment.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository