TRB Committee on Transportation and Economic Development

Home Overview Activities Meeting Minutes Links

...TED2006 Conference... ...TED2002 Conference... ...TED1989 Conference... ...Other Items... TRB Annual Conferences

home > activities > trb annual conferences

January 2007 (Washington, DC) - Sessions

TRB Annual Conference - January 22-24, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, January 22, 2007, 9:30am-12:00pm, Hilton Hotel, International Center
Poster Session 259 (MMP07-008)
Transportation and Economic Development (Part 1)

Glen Weisbrod, Economic Development Research Group, presiding

Assessment of Spatial Impact of Technological Improvement in Water Transport Services Sector in National Capital Region, Philippines: Computable General Equilibrium Approach (07-2915), Cristela Goce Dakila, De La Salle University, Philippines, Shoshi Mizokami, Kumamoto University, Japan

Economic Development Impacts of Transportation Demand Management (07-2719), Todd Alexander Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Canada

French Ex-Post Evaluation Practice and Results (07-1480), Emilie Jeannesson-Mange, Service d'Etudes Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes, Jean-Noël Chapulut, Conseil general des Ponts et Chaussees, Jean-Pierre Taroux, Conseil general des Ponts et Chaussees

Optimal Resource Allocation Tool for Urban Development Using GIS-Based Accessibility Measures and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (07-0568), Konstadinos G. Goulias, University of California, Santa Barbara

Highway Infrastructure Investment and Regional Employment Growth: Dynamic Panel Regression Analysis (07-0133), Piyapong Jiwattanakulpaisarn, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Robert B. Noland, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Daniel Joseph Graham, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, John W. Polak, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, January 22, 2007, 7:30pm- 9:30pm, Hilton Hotel, Jefferson West
Papers - Presentation Session 408 (MMS07-015)
Transportation and Economic Development, Part 2
James S. Gillespie, Virginia Transportation Research Council, presiding
This session explores the effects of transportation projects and services on the growth and change of local and regional economies.

Endogenous Regional Economic Growth Through Transportation Investment (07-2968), Michael Lincoln Lahr, Rutgers University, Francis Xavier Mahady, FXM Associates

Comparative Analysis to Evaluate Air-Travel Service in Alaska (07-1136), Ahmed Abdelghany, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Walking Accessibility to Bus Rapid Transit in Latin America: Does It Affect Property Values? Case of Bogota, Colombia (07-1138), Ramon C. Munoz-Raskin, Columbia University

Business Perceptions of Economic Impacts of Traffic Access (07-0398), Patrick Vu, Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Venky N. Shankar, Pennsylvania State University, Gudmundur Freyr Ulfarsson, Washington University in St. Louis

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 1:30pm- 4:30pm, Hilton Hotel, Georgetown South
Committee Meeting - MMM07-033
Transportation and Economic Development Committee
Glen Weisbrod, Economic Development Research Group, presiding
All interested in the topic are invited, including non-committee members.
Agenda will include discussion of recent, current and upcoming research studies and events of the commitee.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 2:30pm- 4:00pm, Hilton Hotel, Monroe West
Conference Speaker Session 719 (MMS07-036)
Transportation Facility Abandonment: Economic Development Implications
Martin H. Weiss, Federal Highway Administration, presiding
This session examines how transportation service abandonment and reduction affect communities' economies.

Air Service Disinvestment (P07-0265), Deborah Meehan, Simat Helliesen & Eichner, Inc.

Rail Service Abandonment (P07-0266), Denver D. Tolliver, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Water Navigation and Transportation System Disinvestment (P07-0267), David V. Grier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Highway Disinvestment: Embarcadero Freeway (P07-0268), Lee Taubeneck, California Department of Transportation

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 4:30pm- 6:00pm, Hilton, International West
Conference Presentation Session 742 (MMS07-057)
Tolling and Economic Development
Stephen S. Fitzroy, Chenega Advanced Solutions & Engineering, LLC, presiding
Sponsored by Committee on Transportation and Economic Development and the Committee on Congestion Pricing

Toll Roads and Economic Development: Exploring Effects on Property Values (07-0640), Sharada R. Vadali, Texas Transportation Institute

I-15 Value Pricing in San Diego: Long-Term Land Use Impacts (07-1176), Janusz C. Supernak, San Diego State University, Kathleen Youngberg, San Diego State University

Design Elements of Road Pricing Schemes and Their Acceptability (07-1548), Milenko Vrtic, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Nadine Schuessler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Alexander Erath, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Kay W. Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e-mail E-mail this page
print Printer-friendly page