Meeting Information, Agendas, and Minutes

2014 Summer Meeting- Irvine, California

2014 Annual Meeting - Washington, DC

• Committee Meeting - Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 8am-Noon
• Hilton, Columbia Hall 11 and 12
• Agenda and Meeting Slides (250kb PDF)
• Presentations
• Policies within a Priced Network (Geddes, 110kb PDF)
  
• SHRP2 Economics Products Update (Plazak, 504kb PDF)
• New Values of Time and Reliability (Warffemius, 87kb PDF)
• Toll Road Ratings (Zuchorski, 701kb PDF)

The sessions which the Transportation Economics committee is the sole or joint sponsor are listed below. This type of collaboration goes a long way in our goal to encourage other groups to use sound economic principles in their research efforts. See the meeting program for more information.

2013 Summer Meeting, Washington, DC

• Committee Meeting - Monday, July 22, 2013, 1:30-5:10pm
• Agenda and Meeting Slides (1.2MB pptx)
• Draft Meeting Minutes (35kb docx)
  

2013 Annual Meeting - Washington, DC

• Committee Meeting - January 15, 2013, 8am-Noon, Hilton
• Agenda and Meeting Slides (3.8MB pptx)
• Other Meeting Handouts:
• Benefit-Cost Analysis of CAFE Standards, Don Pickrell (150kb pptx)
  
• The ABE20 Strategic Plan is now maintained online on the Strategic Plan page
• Research Needs Statements (RNS) are posted on the Research page
• Growth of VMT and GDP, Lisa Ecola and Marty Wachs (RAND)
• Meeting Minutes (1.2MB docx)

Subcommittee Meetings:

• Parking Management, Monday, January 14, 2013, 1:30-3:15pm
• P3s, Monday, January 14, 2013, 5:45 - 7 pm
  
• Congestion Pricing Economics, Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 12:15-1:15pm

The sessions which the Transportation Economics committee is the sole or joint sponsor are listed below. This type of collaboration goes a long way in our goal to encourage other groups to use sound economic principles in their research efforts. See the meeting program for more information.

June 2012 - Irvine, CA

• 2012 TRB Policy Committees Summer Meeting: Mapping the Future. June 25-27, 2012 at The Beckman Center.
• Transportation Economics Committee meeting - Monday, June 25, 2012 from 1:45 pm to 5:45 pm in the Executive Dining Room
• Meeting Agenda and Handout
  • Powerpoint file (1.9MB pptx)
  • PDF file, two slides per page (460kb pdf)


• Meeting Minutes (50kb docx)
  
• Committee Meeting Presentations
  • Brownstone et al, "Demand for High Fuel Economy Vehicles" (260kb pdf)
  • Brownstone and Lloro, "Estimating the Rebound Effect: A Quasi-experiment with Hybrid Pairs" (540kb pdf)


• Session "Understanding the Link between Transportation and the Economy"
  • Basso, "Federal Program and Funding: What Have We Learned and Why Does It Matter?" (770kb pptx)
  • Weisbrod, "Examples of the Importance of Transportation Infrastructure for Business" (4.0MB pptx)
  • Luskin, "Conditions and Performance Report to Congress: What We Get from Highway and Transit Investment" (3.0MB pptx)
  • Binder, "Assessing the Economic Benefits of .Transportation Investment" (2.4MB pptx)

January 2012 - Washington, DC

• January 24, 2012, 8am-Noon, Hilton
• Agenda (20kb docx)
• Other Meeting Handouts:
• ABE20 Strategic Plan Dec 05 (90kb doc)
• T. Tang - FHWA's Transportation Economic Data and Research (460kb pdf)
• K. Kockelman - Project Evaluation Toolkit (PET) and Encyclopedia on Transport Economics (960kb pdf)
  
• Draft Research Needs Statements (RNS) are posted on the Research page
  

The economics committee is busy at this year’s TRB meeting – January 22-26, 2012. The many sessions which this committee is the sole or joint sponsor are listed below. This type of collaboration goes a long way in our goal to encourage other groups to use sound economic principles in their research efforts.

July 2011

• Agenda (40kb pdf)
• Minutes (130kb pdf)
• General Meeting Slides, Mark Burris (1.0MB pdf)
• (archived) BCA Quiz, David Luskin
• (archived) Freight Investment Framework

• (archived) Value of Time Reliability: Synthesis of Estimation Approaches and Incorporation in Transportation Models
• (archived) State-of-Practice In Incorporating Value of Reliability Into Cost-Benefit Analysis in Different Countries
• (archived) Economic Value of Reliability for Rail-Dependent Shippers in the Houston Region

January 2011 - Washington, DC

• Agenda (33kb PDF)
• Meeting Minutes (56kb DOCX)

Transportation Economics Committee Sponsored Events at the 2011 TRB Annual Meeting

January 2010 - Washington, DC

Alternative Financing Mechanisms and Their Impacts

Mark W. Burris, Texas A&M University, presiding

Sponsored by Committee on Transportation Economics (ABE20)

In an effort to keep revenues in line with expenses many agencies are supplementing traditional revenue sources with nontraditional revenues. This practice will shift the cost burden of the transportation system and may have unintended impacts. This session examines four financing methods and how these new techniques may alter cost responsibilities, usage, and welfare implications of the transportation system.

Click title for the presentation.

Economic and Equity Effects of Transportation Utility Fees (10-0572)

     Jason R. Junge, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

     David Matthew Levinson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Taxing for Takeoff: Estimating Airport Tax Incidence Through Natural Experiments (10-1888)

     C. Edward Huang, Harvard University

     Adib K. Kanafani, University of California, Berkeley

Green Vehicle Mileage Fees: Concept, Evaluation Methodology, Revenue Impact, and User Responses (10-3593)

     Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park

The Welfare Implications of Carbon Taxes and Carbon Caps: A Look at U.S. Households (10-2673)

     Sumala Tirumalachetty, Delcan Corporation

     Kara Kockelman, University of Texas, Austin