Highway Infrastructure and the Economy Implications for Federal Policy

• Main Author: Shatz, Howard J. (auth)
• Other Authors: Kitchens, Karin E. (auth), Rosenbloom, Sandra (auth), Wachs, Martin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2011
• Subjects: Urban & municipal planning; Highway & traffic engineering; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To inform debate on a new transportation bill being considered, the authors review the literature on the economic outcomes of highway infrastructure spending, which constitutes the largest share of federal spending on transportation infrastructure. They highlight the connections between highway spen...