Guide to the Economic Value of Texas Ports

When policymakers make public investments, they are frequently interested in the economic impacts associated with their actions. Stakeholders are usually interested in a policy’s economic impact. Common ways of measuring economic impact are the quantity of jobs, sales, and tax receipts associated with an activity. These metrics are often reported as evidence that the welfare of a community will be (or is being) enhanced by a policy decision. This guide summarizes the findings of a Center for Transportation Research/Texas Transportation Institute (CTR/TTI) study team investigating the value of Texas ports for the Texas Department of Transportation found in Technical Report 0-5538-1, An Analysis of the Value of Texas Seaports in an Environment of Increasing Global Trade. The methods used to derive data reported in this document are detailed in that report, together with more substantive discussions and data on associated topics.

• Record URL:
  http://ctr.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/pubs/0_5538_P1.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/search/SearchResults_ClearCriteria.aspx?q=(catalog.ID=(27355))
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report Date: February 2008; Revised: July 2008; Revised: December 2008. The TRIS accession number for the Technical Report 0-5538-1 is 01129961.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 3208 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78705

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, Center for Ports and Waterways
  701 North Post Oak, Suite 430
  Houston, TX  United States  77024-3827

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Siegesmund, Peter
  • Kruse, Carl James
  • Prozzi, Jolanda P
  • Alsup, Rene
  • Harrison, Robert
  • Lorente, Paula
• Publication Date: 2008-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 73p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Market value; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Ports; Seaports; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01141688
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 0-5538-P1
• Contract Numbers: 0-5538
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 12 2009 4:07PM