Colin Belle, Eric McClellan – Performance-Based Transportation Investment: Estimating a Project’s Efficiency Impacts

[Slides]Performance-Based Transportation Project Assessment – Colin Belle, Region 1 Planning Council

[Slides]Net Impacts of Travel Efficiency Benefits – Eric McClellan, CDM Smith

[Recording]Performance-Based Transportation Investment: Estimating a Project’s Efficiency Impacts – Colin Belle, Region 1 Planning Council & Eric McClellan, CDM Smith

Under President Trump’s infrastructure proposal, state and local governments would be responsible for covering most of the costs. To make the best investment decisions, policy makers will need to know how much a project will increase efficiency and boost the regional economy.

We cordially invite you to join us for a guest webinar presentation on Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST with Colin Belle, Metropolitan Planner at the Region 1 Planning Council in Illinois, and Eric McClellan, Senior Economist at CDM Smith. They will discuss how to use economic impact modeling to evaluate the potential performance of transportation investments.

Mr. Belle will give a talk titled “Performance-Based Transportation Project Selection”, which examines the role of dynamic economic modeling and travel demand data in strategically investing in infrastructure. Mr. McClellan will present “Net Impacts of Detailed Travel Efficiencies”, analyzing how to disaggregate economic benefits for regional impact estimates that target a wider audience.

Immigration and the Economy

[Slides]Economic Impact of Immigration – Frederick Treyz, REMI

Senators are searching for a bipartisan immigration deal that can get through Congress and win President Trump’s approval. Even if they succeed, though, many challenging questions about long-term immigration policy will remain.

We cordially invite you to our webinar presentation on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST exploring the future of immigration and its effects on demographics, the labor force, and the economy.

Migration plays an important role in shaping the future workforce and economy. For this presentation, we will show how dynamic modeling can capture future changes. We will also examine the employment and GDP effects of different types of longer-term reforms, such as increasing the number of visas for high-skilled workers.