DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF BART'S IMPACTS UPON ECONOMICS AND FINANCE RESEARCH PLAN

This is a research plan for the Economics and Finance Project, one of the six major components of the BART Impact Program, a comprehensive, policy-oriented study and evaluation of the impacts of the San Francisco Bay Area's new rapid transit system. The Economics and Finance Project will determine the impacts of the construction of BART, the transportation service it provides, and the bond issues and taxes that finance it, on the regional economy and on specific economic sectors. It will also assess impacts on employment, productivity, business activity, the cost of public borrowing, public willingness to incur debt for other purposes, and the distribution of tax burdens among socioeconomic sectors of the population. In the Research Plan, one or more work elements are defined for each of the enumerated factors. The discussion of each element includes a description of a model of the determinants of the impact, expectations as to measurability of the impacts, a consideration of alternative study methodologies, and a recommendation of a preferred methodology.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Urban Inst., Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  Hotel Claremont
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94705

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  451 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20410

  Urban Institute

  2100 M Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20037
• Authors:
  • Bergsman, J
  • MULLER, T
  • McGillivray, R
  • Garn, H A
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 45 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Businesses; Economic analysis; Economic conditions; Economic forecasting; Economic impacts; Employment; Finance; Financing; Forecasting; Government funding; Level of service; Policy; Policy making; Productivity; Public transit; Rapid transit; Regional planning; Regional transportation; Socioeconomic factors; Subsidies; Taxation; Taxes; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial management; Services
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094636
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PD-22-7-76
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30176
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 14 1981 12:00AM