ROAD DAMAGE AND TRADE SHIFTS: A CORRIDOR ANALYSIS OF NAFTA MOVEMENTS

The overall purpose of this paper is to analyze the impacts of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Washington's transportation infrastructure by specifically evaluating highway infrastructure investment requirements using damage coefficients. NAFTA truck ton-miles on Washington highways were approximately 10.4 billion in 1994. Nearly 69 percent of those ton-miles were transit movements and 18 and 13 percent were Washington origin and destination movements to and from Canada, respectively. Ton-miles by corridor vary significantly and will increase differently in different corridors in the future. The commodity composition of ton-miles does vary by corridor, causing a differing need for road investment by corridor. Washington's infrastructure supports NAFTA trade, yet the associated benefits received for that trade may not necessarily be in proportion to the costs associated with transportation. If infrastructure investment is not adequate to sustain Washington's highways at serviceable levels, trade flows will be impeded and the associated highway damage of that trade will increase substantially as highway deterioration is accelerated.

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• Authors:
  • Casavant, K L
  • Lenzi, J
  • ERIKSEN, K
• Conference:
  • Selected Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Seoul, Korea
  • Date: 2001-7-22 to 2001-7-27
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coefficients; Corridors; Infrastructure; Investments; Ton miles; Transit traffic; Transportation planning; Trucking
• Identifier Terms: North American Free Trade Agreement
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00970773
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080442749
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 2004 12:00AM