Impacts of Highway Bypasses on Kansas Towns

Impacts of Highway Bypasses on Kansas Towns
Author: David Burress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1996
Genre: Express highways
ISBN:

This report provides literature reviews, empirical findings and policy analysis related to some of the effects of building a highway bypass around a small town in Kansas. The report describes three types of models: an origin-destination model showing the number of trips between each town and city in Kansas; a model to estimate the value of the time-saving generated for through traffic by bypasses in Kansas; and a variety of economic impact regression models.

Case Studies of the Economic Impact of Highway Bypasses in Kansas

Case Studies of the Economic Impact of Highway Bypasses in Kansas
Author: Michael W. Babcock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2004
Genre: Highway bypasses
ISBN:

Case studies of the economic impacts of highway bypasses on individual towns are needed since the effects of bypasses may vary a great deal from place to place. The objectives of this report were for a sample of small Kansas towns that have highway bypasses, (1) assess the impact of the bypass on the towns' total employment, (2) measure the impact on retail sales of the towns' travel-related businesses, (3) measure the impact on employment of the towns' travel-related businesses, (4) measure the impact on labor cost per employee of the towns' travel-related businesses, and for the Kansas counties that contain the sample of small Kansas towns that have bypasses, (5) assess the incremental impact on the county's road maintenance expenditures of assuming maintenance responsibility for the previous road alignment.

Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments

Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments
Author: Glen Weisbrod
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780309068734

This synthesis report will be of interest to DOT administrators, supervisors, and staff, as well as to the consultants working with them in assessing the economic development impacts of existing or proposed transportation investments. Metropolitan Planning Organization regional and local staffs might also find it informative. It is intended to help practicing planners become aware of the range of methods and analysis techniques available, organized by the different categories of agency needs, to address different types of planning, policy, and research needs. This synthesis summarizes the current state of the practice by means of a survey of transportation planning agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This report provides reviews of the analysis methods used in recent project and program evaluation reports of these agencies, in addition to a bibliography of economic literature and guides.

ITF Roundtable Reports Ex-Post Assessment of Transport Investments and Policy Interventions

ITF Roundtable Reports Ex-Post Assessment of Transport Investments and Policy Interventions
Author: International Transport Forum
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9282108155

Ex-post evaluation is important to improving the delivery of transport policy objectives. It can be used for multiple purposes at the core of which is the improvement of ex-ante assessment. A small number of jurisdictions employ ex-post evaluation systematically and leading experience is ...

Asphalt and Politics

Asphalt and Politics
Author: Thomas L. Karnes
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0786454679

From animal paths to superhighways, transportation has been the backbone of American expansion and growth. This examination of the interstate highway system in the United States, and the forces that shaped it, includes the introduction of the automobile, the Good Roads Movement, and the Lincoln Highway Association. The book offers an analysis of state and federal road funding, modern road-building options, and the successes and failures of the current highway system. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.