MEASURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS FOR HIGHWAY DECISION-MAKING: THE WISCONSIN CASE

This article examines issues involved in measuring and evaluating economic development impacts of major highway investment, and application of those findings for investment decision-making. It focuses on a proposed highway construction project to create a 200-mile four-lane highway across North-Central Wisconsin. This article provides an overview of how economic impacts were measured, describes the analysis modeling techniques used and shows how benefit-cost analysis was applied for highway investment decision-making.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c101121970?urlappend=%3Bseq=69
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Weisbrod, G E
  • Beckwith, J
• Publication Date: 1992-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 57-79
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic benefits; Economic development; Highways; Investments; Road construction
• Candidate Terms: Highway economics
• Geographic Terms: Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00619555
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 29 1992 12:00AM