The Transportation Economy: Past & Future
Record Type: UTC

This project documents the role transportation has played in the nation’s economic prosperity and the importance to the United States of reinvesting in our transportation infrastructure. The video being produced uses both historic footage and new interviews with approximately six recognized government and industry leaders to highlight the importance of transportation and the economic threat posed by a failure to maintain this infrastructure. The completed video will be made available to all Texas Educational Service Centers (ESCs) for use as supplemental material for high school economics and civics classes, and it will be posted to its own web site in both streaming and downloadable formats. Deliverables include one 8 – 12 minute video, a PowerPoint® presentation incorporating the video, and a supporting website.
Start date: 2009/1/1
End date: 2010/4/30
Status: Active
Contract/Grant Number: DTRT06-G-0044
Secondary Number: 00033
Total Dollars: 50000
Source Organization: University Transportation Center for Mobility
Date Added: 01/21/2009
Index Terms: Transportation planning, Economic development, Infrastructure, Prosperity, Videotapes, Texas, Research projects, Public transit, Transit operating agencies,

University Transportation Center for Mobility
http://utcm.tamu.edu
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
USA
Phone: (979) 845-2538
Fax: (979) 845-9761

Tooley, Melissa S
Phone: (979) 845-8545
Fax: (979) 845-9761
Email: m-tooley@tamu.edu

Texas Transportation Institute
http://tti.tamu.edu
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
USA

Cole, Richard
Phone: (979) 862-8449
Email: r-cole@tamu.edu

Dennis, David
Phone: (979) 845-6513
Email: david-dennis@tamu.edu