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... Before joining the Washington State DOT in 2005, he was a senior budget analyst for the Transportation Committee for the Washington State House of Representatives. He holds a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree in accounting.
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... His research interests include dynamic economics, macroeconomics, and monetary economics. His current research includes analysis of the employment effects of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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... Previous positions in the department included administration division director and operations and finance division director. She is cochair of the Iowa Governor's Transportation 2020 Citizen Advisory Commission, a former chair of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
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... 156 Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns Jay C Shambaugh is Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.
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... Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, and Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
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... The committee recommends programmatic changes to enhance the role of transportation infrastructure investments in future economic downturns and periods of prolonged high unemployment. Investments in Also of Interest Critical Issues in Transportation: 2013 Response to Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns TRB, 16 pages, 8.5 × 11, electronic, 2013, http://www.trb.org/Economics/Blurbs/169945.aspx Economic Downturns Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation SHRP 2 Report S2-C11-RW-1, 140 pages, 8.5 × 11, electronic, 2013, http://www.trb.org/Economics/ Blurbs/169524.aspx Methodologies to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to the Goods Movement System NCHRP Report 732, ISBN 978-0-309-25856-2, 95 pages, 8.5 × 11, paperback, 2012, $57.00 Methodology for Determining the Economic Development Impacts of Transit Projects TCRP Web-Only Document 56, 365 pages, 8.5 × 11, electronic, 2012, http://www.trb.org/Economics/ Blurbs/167284.aspx Engineering Economic Analysis Practices for Highway Investment NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 424, ISBN 978-0-309-22343-0, 118 pages, 8.5 × 11, paperback, 2012, $60.00 Public Transportation Systems as the Foundation for Economic Growth TCRP Research Results Digest 102, ISBN 978-0-309-21320-2, 67 pages, 8.5 × 11, paperback, 2011, $26.00 Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future National Academies Press, ISBN 978-0-309-14723-1, 268 pages, 8.5 × 11, paperback, 2010, $53.95 Airport Economic Impact Methods and Models ACRP Synthesis 7, ISBN 978-0-309-09802-1, 67 pages, 8.5 × 11, paperback, 2008, $45.00 ISBN 978-0-309-29492-8 90000 9 780309 294928
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  • economic downturns
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  • reinvestment act
  • american recovery
  • state dot
  • federal transit
  • surface transportation

  • transportation officials
  • federal railroad
  • transit administration
  • transportation infrastructure
  • railroad administration

  • transportation agencies
  • public transportation
  • economic stimulus
  • state highway


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