The Regional Economic Impacts of Bypasses: A Longitudinal Study Incorporating Spatial Panel Econometrics and Multilevel Modeling

This paper describes an integrated approach to documenting and quantifying the impacts of bypasses on small communities, with a focus on what economic impacts, if any, occur, and how these impacts change over time. Two similarly sized communities in Indiana, a subset of twelve communities analyzed in a previous report (Fricker and Mills 2009), are discussed in this report. One of these communities has had a bypass in place for 40 years, and the other community has been a candidate for a bypass for several years. The socioeconomics impacts on the community with the bypass are documented in terms of (1) the decisions made by public officials as learned through case study interviews, and (2) the changes in employment in various industry sectors, as quantified by the development of random effects statistical models. The long-term impacts and lessons learned concerning the bypassed community are then used to offer suggestions on how communities could benefit from a bypass. The integrated approach of combining case studies with advanced statistical methodologies was found to be helpful in painting a clearer picture of how communities with bypasses were impacted.

• Record URL:
  http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nextrans/assets/pdfs/059PY03%20final%20report%20The%20Regional%20Economic%20Impacts%20of%20Bypasses%20A%20Longitudinal%20Study%20Incorporating%20Spatial%20Panel%20Econometrics%20and%20Multilevel%20Modeling.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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• Authors:
  • Mills, Joshua B
  • Fricker, Jon D
• Publication Date: 2011-9-21

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 101p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bypasses; Case studies; Economic impacts; Employment; Small towns; Socioeconomic factors; Statistical analysis
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01537873
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NEXTRANS Project No. 059PY03
• Contract Numbers: DTRT07-G-005 (Grant)
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 22 2014 2:10PM