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Assessing the Business Case ROI for Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor Investment: Guide for Decision Makers
For the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), EBP developed a guide for evaluating the return on investment (ROI) for both high speed and conventional intercity passenger rail corridor projects. The guide provides a means for evaluating benefits, costs and overall business case as viewed from the perspectives of local, state and national agencies, as well as private stakeholders in public private partnerships. It provides “best practice” methods that can be adopted around the US for evaluation of intercity rail investments. Read More
Analysis of Travel Choices and Scenarios for Sharing Rides
For the Federal Highway Administration, EBP assessed factors influencing decisions to use shared mobility options (e.g. shared rides and carpools). The resulting report and associated paper in the Transportation Research Record used a survey of over 4,000 Transportation Network companies (TNC) users to build choice models that explore how decision factors (especially price and time) affect the decision to take private or shared TNC trips. Read More
Prioritization of Public Transportation Investments: A Guidebook for Decision-Makers
For the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), EBP led a team developing TCRP Report 227, Prioritization of Public Transportation Investments. The guide provides practical advice for transportation agencies looking to improve their prioritization practice for public transportation projects. It focuses on methods used to prioritize transit capital projects and on cross-modal decision-making, specifically the comparison of public transit and non-transit projects.
Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Property Tax Standardization in New York State
As a subcontractor to Sustainable Energy Advantage (SEA), EBP estimated the economic impacts of standardizing property taxes for wind and solar development in New York State.Read More
FEATURED CURRENT PROJECTS
Customer Segmentation in Washington DC Metro Area
EBP is working with a team to support The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in understanding how different segments of their ridership respond to changes in services and fares. The analysis uses processed fare card data and demographic data to cluster WMATA customers into segments that share similar travel behavior and demographic characteristics. Read More
Regional Economic Development Strategy for Saint John (Canada)
EBP is working with Envision St. John: The Regional Growth Agency, to establish the first strategic, action- and results-oriented plan for the organization and its stakeholders. Based in analysis of the region’s existing economic strengths in areas like energy, natural resources, telecommunications, transport, health data, and cybertechnology, EBP is helping Envision Saint John identify ways to promote the region for new investment, to attract residents to the area and grow the population, to support entrepreneurial activity, and support tourism. Read More
The Impact of Teleworking on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Transportation System Post-COVID-19
EBP is supporting RSG in an analysis of how travel in Massachusetts will evolve post-pandemic and how those changes will impact the economy of the Commonwealth. The firm reviewed survey data and existing research about teleworking trends and telework propensity and how telework relates to population and job locations and travel behavior (number of trips, distance traveled, trips by time of day). Team members are developing 10 scenarios reflecting different potential teleworking patterns and associated land use changes. Read More
The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport, Chapter on "Public Transport Evaluation"
The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport has been published and is now available for purchase. Chapter 11, “Public Transport Evaluation,” is by EBP’s own Naomi Stein and Glen Weisbrod.The handbook is available for purchase in both e-book and hardcover formats on both the Routledge websiteand on Amazon. Read More
The Use of Scenario Planning to Support Economic Recovery in the Post-COVID Era
EBP US CEO Peter Plumeau and Frank Bruns, Senior Economist with EBP Switzerland, recently co-authored an article on “Planning Transport Investments in the Post-COVID Period,” published in the European journal Strasse und Verkehr (Road and Traffic).Read More
Measuring the Regional Economic Impact of Transportation Access Improvements
Jenna Goldberg and Glen Weisbrod authored a new article, Measuring the Regional Economic Impact of Transportation Access Improvements in the Context of a Large Metropolitan Region on Urban Transportation Access, Connectivity and the Economy, that was recently published in the Transportation Research Record.Read More