Administration and Economics
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Environment and Energy
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Administration and Economics
Airport Administration and Management
$15.00
Airports are businesses that have significant political, social, and economic consequences. The role of the airport administrator has changed, reflecting an increased emphasis on policy questions, and this necessitates a greater reliance on improved management techniques. This report provides real-world perspectives on airport operations, explores the expanded role of today's airport manager resulting from changing conditions and expectations, and presents problem-solving skills to meet present and future service needs. John R. Wiley, 195 pp., 2d ed., 1986. (Pub. Order # 001-A)
Economic Returns from Transportation Investment
$20.00
This report examines the extent to which investments in highway infrastructure yield benefits to individual industries and the U.S. economy. Much of the report is devoted to a study that demonstrates how these investments had a significant impact on economic productivity growth from 1950 to 1990. The reliability of the results and their applicability to future policy were examined by leaders, government officials, economists, historians, and others who participated in a forum focusing on this set of issues. This group identified several conditions that should be met to maximize the net benefits of public investment. They also recommended additional steps to examine these issues in further depth and apply the results to public policy. Jeffrey Madrick, 72 pp., 1996. (Pub. Order # 004-E)
Federal Role in Surface Transportation
$35.00
Because transportation is essential for economic activity and social interaction, governments have a strong interest in seeing that the transportation system adapts to changing needs, that all citizens share its benefits, and that it reinforces public policies in economic, social, defense, environmental, and other areas. This policy research study used illustrative emerging issues to identify topics that might warrant increased focus in future Federal Highway Administration policy development. (Pub. Order # 030-F)
Managing National Transportation Policy
$20.00
A concise and insightful look at the U.S. Department of Transportation and its leaders. This report gives a detailed look at each administration since the Department's creation and recommends survival strategies for what the author believes is needed to restructure and revitalize it. This book also provides a well-rounded history of U.S. transportation policy, the external forces impacting transportation policy, and describes how individual secretaries of transportation responded. John L. Hazard, 164 pp., 1988. (Pub. Order # 013-M)
National Transportation Organizations
$55.00
The United States' transportation system is a remarkably dynamic and responsive enterprise, composed of many thousands of individual firms and agencies, with no "one" agency in charge. National transportation organizations not only provide the information, coordination, and structure needed to allow those independent firms and agencies to adjust to changes that impact the system, but they also play a key role in shaping transportation policy. This report identifies more than 200 organizations that represent individuals or companies with a stake in our transportation system and describes their roles in the development and implementation of transportation policy. It also identifies federal agencies and key congressional committees involved in transportation policy. (Pub. Order # 024-N)
Role of Pricing in the Nation’s Future Transportation System
$30.00
The U.S. highway system has historically allowed commuters, families, truckers, tourists, and others equal access, regardless of need. The underlying reality of demand is more complicated, however. To explore the potential of road pricing as a means of moderating traffic flows and reducing congestion, the Eno Transportation Foundation brought economic, environmental, and traffic experts together in a one-day forum sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This report, which summarizes the key findings from that forum, covers institutional, ownership, and control issues; technological advances; equity issues; and trade-offs. It also provides examples of pricing systems in use today and describes FHWA's Value Pricing Pilot Program. (Pub. Order # 027-R)
Transportation Investment and New Insights in Economic Analysis
$25.00
In the early 1990s, academic research proposing a vital connection between public infrastructure investment and "productivity growth rate" coincided with an economic recession, sparking great interest in the potential for investment in transportation as a way to spur economic growth. The strong claims of the initial research were, however, attacked by many in the research community. Plans to dramatically increase public infrastructure spending instead bowed to pressures to reduce the sizable federal budget deficit. This report is based on a forum that brought academic, government, and private-sector leaders together to discuss the importance of transportation investment for the future of the American economy. It discusses several studies supporting the value of highway investments and suggests a number of ways to improve future work in this field. Chad Shirley, 39 pp., 1999. (Pub. Order # 021-T)
