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Economic Analysis to Support Decision-Making
Pages 14-17

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... Resources on starting to integrate economic analysis into decision-making $1 BILLION in FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY INVESTMENT SUPPORTS Resources to understand the economic impact of my program(s) Examples of economic development stakeholders that I can engage 19,700 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS IN SUPPLYING SECTORS such as construction Key practices for starting to integrate economic analysis into decision-making & 14,500 JOBS IN THE GENERAL ECONOMY Examples of what other DOTs are doing with economic analysis Examples of what MPOs are doing with economic analysis
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From page 15...
... Institutionalizing economic performance measure analysis as an integral Building tools such as matrices that allow high-level project scoring or component of major transportation projects, including standardized and screening based on economic analysis factors.. DATA AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: automated processes for data collection, management, and sharing.
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From page 16...
... They that provides projected economic an demographic changes, including their long-range transportation plan and their calculated the impact savings for the system indicators such as total population, jobs, and households. This data comprehensive economic development strategy users and the economic impacts using the US is used when developing the regional Long Range Plan and also by into one plan.
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... Modern Project Prioritization for Transportation Investments is a USDOT report on transportation project prioritization best practices. The Measuring the Impacts of Freight Transportation Improvements EconWorks, which is hosted by AASHTO, is a web-based tool that paper reviewed the practices at 21 transportation agencies, including 14 on the Economy and Competitiveness: This document provides supports planners in incorporating economic analysis into their work.
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