TRANSPORTATION: KEY TO A BETTER FUTURE. THE RELATIONSHIP OF TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH: A SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORT

This report examines the relationship between transportation and economic growth in America. It points out that less than one percent of the nation's economic resources are invested in transportation each year, about half that of just 25 years ago, and that recent findings show it is probably not a coincidence that the nation's rate of growth in productivity has been cut in half at about the same time that the level of national resources devoted to investment in infrastructure has dropped sharply. Case studies are presented that reveal the following three major findings: (1) There is a clear interaction between high technology and transportation; (2) The success stories show a chain-reaction type of effect that links transport improvements to a series of productivity gains that can even affect the structure of how firms do business; and (3) The relationship between transportation and productivity is robust and widespread and covers most major industries, every region of the country, and all modes of transportation.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1990-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Businesses; Case studies; Economics; High technology industries; Infrastructure; Investments; Productivity; Technological innovations; Transportation; Urban growth
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00603094
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1991 12:00AM