TR News May-June 2017: Transportation and the Economy: Interconnections, Interventions, and Interdependencies

Feature articles in the TR News 309: May–June 2017 magazine draw on activities to expand understanding of the role of transportation in the economy and to provide tools for practitioners to measure and communicate that role effectively. Authors explore cost–benefit analyses of investments in transportation infrastructure, the potential of freight production models to deliver insights into economic geography, the economic value of transportation assets and services, valuing a mature highway system, right-sizing projects, making transportation investments during economic downturns, and more.