THE CENTER

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TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH CENTER

The Transportation and Economic Development Research Center is a University Transportation Center, funded by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Center conducts research in transportation finance, transportation and land use, and entrepreneurship and innovation in transportation.

The Center is contained within the Transportation Research Center at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University. George Mason, located in the Washington D.C. suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, has 30,000 students, nearly half of whom are graduate students. The School of Public Policy, with a faculty of 100, offers six Master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in Public Policy. With 130 students, the doctoral program is the largest in the United States.

Dr. Jonathan Gifford is Director of the Transportation and Economic Development Research Center.

RESEARCH CENTER PROJECTS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTIONS Building the Professional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Virginia Chicago Transportation Planning: Summary (pp 22-26) Policy Options for the Secondary Road Construction and Management in Virginia  State Infrastructure Banks: A Virginia Perspective U.S. Seaports and Mega-regions: A Social Network Analysis Approach Mega-regions and Freight: Evidence from Commodity Flow Survey Institutional Challenges in the  Development of Intelligent Transportation Systems Value-based Investing for Government Infrastructure: Financing Virginia's Roads Transportation Finance TRANSPORTATION FORECASTING Impact of Metrorail on Loudoun County’s Economic Future Impact of Proposed I-95 Express Lanes Impact of Proposed Public-Private Partnerships Economic Impact by Transportation Modes: Washington D.C. Area Transportation and Regional Output Economic Impact of Passenger Rail Investment in Northeast Corridor Is there any economic justification for high-speed railways in the United States? Cost-benefit Analysis of Transportation Policies: Problems in Forecasting Dealing with Mis-forecasting in Transport Appraisal Transit Forecasting Accuracy: Ridership Forecasts and Capital Cost Estimates INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT Workforce Needs in DOTs Innovation in Government: Workforce Practices ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Energy Use in the Transport Sector: Ways to Improve Efficiency Governing the Transition to E-Mobility: Small Steps towards a Giant Leap Effect of Gasoline Prices on VMT:Analysis of Northern Virginia Traffic