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  • TransportationNorth Carolina (NC)2016

    Impact of Introducing an Electric Vehicle Tax Credit on the North Carolina State Economy

    A 70-sector REMI model of the North Carolina economy was utilized by Keybridge Public Policy Economics to evaluate two scenarios (“baseline” and “policy”) that helped to estimate the impact on state gross domestic product (GDP) of implementing a $2,500 tax credit for the purchase of both battery electric vehicles and p…

  • Consulting & AdvisingRhode Island (RI)2015

    The Economic Impact of RhodeWorks: An Accelerated Transportation Restoration Plan

    REMI was engaged by the Rhode Island Department of Revenue’s Office of Revenue Analysis on behalf of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation to analyze and model the economic and demographic effects of the RhodeWorks transportation infrastructure improvement and restoration plan. Rhode Island’s transportation inf…

  • TransportationCalifornia (CA)2015

    Economic Analysis of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan

    The impacts of the economic effects of the stimulus obtained from constructing and operation of the Regional Plan transportation system and the economic effects of a more efficient version of the current transportation system were estimated using the REMI TranSight model. These two scenarios sought to comprehend the ba…

  • Consulting & AdvisingNew York (NY)2014

    New REMI Endogenous Residence Adjustment Equation: Transportation, Development, and Commuting for an Example in the NY/NJ/CT Metro Area

    The new residence adjustment equation provides a dynamic forecast of income by place-of-work compared to place-of-residence in terms of New Economic Geography theory. It allows for policy simulations based on relative consumer prices, taxes, labor force availability, and commuting costs. This report displays the method…

  • TransportationMichigan (MI)2013

    The Effect on the U.S. Economy of the Successful Restructuring of General Motors

    The economic efforts made to revitalize an American auto industry that was on the brink of collapse are examined in this study of General Motors and Chrysler. Researchers hoped to finally pinpoint the public and private benefits of this U.S. policy intervention compared to the public cost. Using the REMI forecasting mo…

  • TransportationNorth Carolina (NC)2013

    North Carolina I-95 Economic Assessment

    After the North Carolina Department of Transportation completed the I-95 Corridor Planning and Finance Environmental Assessment, they found that approximately 10% of the $4.4 billion in funds needed to make the recommended improvements was available through the state budget. To make up for some of the funding deficit a…

  • TransportationDistrict of Columbia (DC)2012

    Better Use of Public Dollars: Economic Impact Analysis in Transportation Decision Making

    Transit systems, airports, canal systems, transcontinental railroads, and interstate highways all exist because the government made investments with the expectation that transportation improvements would deliver extensive social and economic benefits in return. This report analyzed case studies from four transportation…

  • TransportationDistrict of Columbia (DC)2012

    Assessment of Tax Revenue Generated by the Automotive Sector

    The Center for Automotive Research wanted a better understanding of the total financial contribution of the United States’ largest manufacturing industry to state and federal tax revenues and, to achieve a greater understanding, they employed a dynamic, inter-industry model developed by REMI. In 2010, the estimates fou…

  • TransportationVermont (VT)2012

    Economic Impact of Bicycling and Walking in Vermont

    The REMI economic impact model was used for a one year “snapshot” study of the total economic and environmental benefit of bicycle and pedestrian facilities and activities, including tourism, environmental, improved air quality and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, real estate values, health, reduction in demand on the…

  • TransportationCalifornia (CA)2012

    Economic and Job Creation Analysis: SCAG RTP 2012 (Full Report)

    This report forecasted the yearly direct and indirect effects of the Southern California Association of Governments’ Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy out to 2035. The analysis displayed an annual increase of nearly 200,000 jobs across the six-county region as well as a rise in indirect spen…

  • TransportationCalifornia (CA)2012

    Economic and Job Creation Analysis: SCAG RTP 2012 (Report)

    This report forecasted the yearly direct and indirect effects of the Southern California Association of Governments’ Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy out to 2035. The analysis displayed an annual increase of nearly 200,000 jobs across the six-county region as well as a rise in indirect spen…

  • TransportationNew York (NY)2011

    Economic Analysis of a Program to Promote Clean Transportation Fuels in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region

    The potential economic impacts of reducing carbon emissions from transportation fuels in the eleven state northeast and Mid-Atlantic region were analyzed by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management using the REMI Policy Insight model. Some of the key findings from the study were a reduction of greenhouse…

  • TransportationMichigan (MI)2010

    The Impact on the U.S. Economy of the Successful Automaker Bankruptcies

    The Center for Automotive Research, using the REMI model, found that the original forecast of total job loss as a result of successful bankruptcies by GM and Chrysler together was estimated to be higher than the figures after applying historical and economic data. The original estimation on the time frame of job loss w…

  • TransportationPennsylvania (PA)2010

    Lehigh Valley Surface Transportation Plan 2011-2030

    This report prepared by the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission for the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study documented the current status of transportation projects in the Lehigh Valley and recommended solutions to solve long term transportation problems in the Lehigh Valley. The Commission incorporated the REMI model int…

  • TransportationConnecticut (CT)2010

    Downtown Crossing: Tiger II Capital Grant Application

    Downtown Crossing was a transportation plan developed by the City of New Haven that would convert CT Route 34 from a limited access highway to urban boulevards from Union Avenue to the existing Exit 3 at College Street. This report utilized the State of Connecticut’s REMI model to analyze the employment and economic ef…