The Cost of Congestion to the Economy of the Portland Region

This report investigates the costs of traffic congestion to business currently located in the Portland metropolitan area, makes predictions for future changes in traffic congestion, and discusses the economic impact that transportation infrastructure improvements can have on business growth, competitiveness and productivity.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.portlandalliance.com/pdf/Congestion_Report.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Economic Development Research Group, Incorporated

  2 Oliver Street, 9th Floor
  Boston, MA  United States  02109

  Portland Business Alliance

  200 S.W. Market Street, Suite 1770
  Portland, OR  United States  97201

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  140 Transportation Building
  Salem, OR  United States  97310
• Publication Date: 2005-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 72p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Businesses; Competition; Costs; Economic growth; Economic impacts; Externalities; Highways; Improvements; Infrastructure; Productivity; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Portland (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103364
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:48AM