Transportation investments in response to economic downturns / Committee on Economic and Employment Benefits of Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic and Employment Benefits of Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

United States.

Federal aid to transportation--United States--Evaluation.

Federal aid to transportation.

Other Title:

Transportation Research Board Special Report 312

Place of Publication:

2014

Summary:

"Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns, Transportation Research Board Special Report 312, provides guidance for federal and state officials on the best ways to use stimulus funds for transportation in the future and methods for evaluating such investments. The report examines lessons learned and impacts from the states' management of the transportation component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided $48.1 billion for U.S. Department of Transportation programs"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Study origin and objectives

Use of transportation spending as stimulus: arra and past recessions

Status of federal and state transportation funding

Sources of information

Fiscal policy in recessions and the role of transportation spending

Fiscal policy in response to recessions

Transportation spending as fiscal stimulus

Design, management, and outcomes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Transportation grants

Arra transportation provisions

Administration of arra transportation grants

Transportation spending and construction employment during arra

Conclusions and recommendations

Conclusions

Recommendations.

ISBN:

0-309-29492-4