Friday, October 9

10:00 am

Welcome

10:05 am

Traffic in the City: The Impact of Infrastructure Improvements in the Presence of Endogenous Traffic Congestion (slides)

Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER

10:45 am

Break

10:50 am

Does the US have an Infrastructure Cost Problem? Evidence from the Interstate Highway System (slides)

Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
Juan Pablo Uribe, Brown University

11:30 am

Break

11:35 am

Mobility and Congestion in World Cities: Evidence from Google Maps

Prottoy Akbar, Aalto University
Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER

12:15 pm

Break

12:30 pm

Caitlin S. Gorback, NBER
Transportation Data Collection Initiative

12:45 pm

The Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides

Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
Laura Doval, Columbia University
Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER
Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

1:25 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Effects of Pavement Roughness on Traffic Outcomes: Evidence from California (slides)

Brad R. Humphreys, West Virginia University
Margaret C. Bock, Goucher College
Alexander J. Cardazzi, Old Dominion University

2:10 pm

Break

2:15 pm

Can Behavioral Interventions Be Too Salient? Evidence From Traffic Safety Messages

Jonathan Hall, The University of Alabama
Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota

2:55 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Policy Panel: The Future of Public Transit
Leah Brooks, George Washington University
Steve Poftak, General Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Steven Polzin, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, US Department of Transportation
Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution

3:50 pm

Closing Remarks

4:00 pm

Adjourn