Accessibility and Economic Development: How the Transportation Network Affects the Economic Performance of Regions

This Task was performed to “measure how congestion affects economic performance over space in metropolitan areas.” The research focused on two industries, the entertainment industry and the information technology industry in the Los Angeles area and Bay Area to determine how congestion affects their own and the regional economic performance. The principal investigator gave a final presentation on the project at California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Headquarters on 03/16/2016. The presentation was advertised as a Webinar titled “Congested Development? Rethinking the Causes and Consequences of Metropolitan Traffic Delays.” The 2-hour Webinar was broadcast to all of Caltrans HQ divisions and districts. A copy of the presentation can be found at the link below. http://ucconnect.berkeley.edu/workforce-development/ucconnect-transportation-planning-workshops/congested-development-rethinking Research findings and project deliverables are described in the final report.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Alkadri, Mohamed

• Performing Organizations:

  University of California Center on Economic Competitiveness in Transportation (UCCONNECT)

  University of California, Berkeley
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1782
• Principal Investigators:

  Taylor, Brian

• Start Date: 20150301
• Expected Completion Date: 20160331
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Economic analysis; Economic development; Regional economics; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles (California); San Francisco Bay Area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01620588
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 4 2017 10:55AM