The Development of a Web-based Small Airport Economic Impact Model

The Development of a Web-based Small Airport Economic Impact Model
Author: Jeffrey D. Borowiec
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Airports
ISBN:

Knowing the current economic impact of an airport is critical to both airport sponsors and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). While TxDOT periodically commissions a statewide economic impact study, the ability to provide updated or more precise economic impact values to airport sponsors and other stakeholders is needed. Having updated and current numbers is important because many local officials use the airport's economic impact values to justify airport investment. Researchers built the input/output model using IMPLAN multipliers, visitor spending data from the Texas Governor's Office, Terminal Area Forecast data from the Federal Aviation Administration, and the latest available data from the recently completed statewide economic impact study of Texas airports. The web tool, called the Small Airport Economic Impact Estimator, takes the model and provides an interface for users to calculate the economic impact of the airport of their choice. The user has the option to calculate using the default data or provide new inputs based on his or her knowledge of current conditions. The Small Airport Economic Impact Estimator Tool provides a resource for airport managers, planners, and local officials. As economic conditions change and the airport develops, the Estimator provides up-to-date economic impact numbers that can support grant applications and local funding matches, as well as attract new development. In addition, the Estimator can estimate economic impacts that may be realized if certain improvements are made that increase airport activity.

Methodologies to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to the Goods Movement System

Methodologies to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to the Goods Movement System
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2012
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN: 0309258561

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 732: Methodologies to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to the Goods Movement System describes the impacts of bottlenecks and interruptions to the flow of goods through the nation's major freight corridors and intermodal connectors, the dynamics of that flow in response to disruptions, and the full economic impact on public and private entities beyond just the critical infrastructure and the carriers that depend on that flow."--Publication information.

Air Transport and Regional Development Methodologies

Air Transport and Regional Development Methodologies
Author: Anne Graham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2020-12-27
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0429666934

Air Transport and Regional Development Methodologies is one of three interconnected books related to a four-year European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action established in 2015. The action, called Air Transport and Regional Development (ATARD), aimed to promote a better understanding of how the air transport–related problems of core regions and remote regions should be addressed to enhance both economic competitiveness and social cohesion in Europe. This book discusses key methodological approaches to assessing air transport and regional development, outlining their respective strengths and weaknesses. These include input- output analysis, cost benefit analysis, computable general equilibrium models, data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis, discrete choice models and game theory. Air Transport and Regional Development Methodologies aims at becoming a major reference source on the topic, drawing from experienced researchers in the field, covering the diverse experience and knowledge of the members of the COST Action. The book will be of interest to several large groups. First, it will serve as an authoritative and comprehensive reference for academics, researchers and consultants. Second, it will advise policy- makers and government organizations at European, national and regional levels. Third, it presents invaluable insights to transport companies such as airports and airline operators. Along with the other two books (Air Transport and Regional Development Policies and Air Transport and Regional Development Case Studies), it fills a much-needed gap in the literature.