Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century
Organized by Edward L. Glaeser, James M. Poterba, and Stephen J. Redding
Supported by the US Department of Transportation through an interagency agreement with the National Science Foundation
October 18, 2024
Zoom.us
Friday, October 18
1:00pm
Welcoming Remarks
Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Robert Hampshire, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, US Department of Transportation
1:10pm

Urban Roadway in America: The Amount, Extent, and Value

Erick Guerra, University of Pennsylvania
Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Xinyu Ma, University of Pennsylvania
1:35pm

Does Uber Reduce Public Transit Ridership? Evidence & Impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area

Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College
Lianne Sturgeon, Scripps College
2:00pm
Break
2:10pm

Effective and Equitable Congestion Pricing: New York City and Beyond

Michael Ostrovsky, Stanford University and NBER
Frank Yang, Stanford University
2:35pm

Can Usage Based Pricing Reduce Congestion? Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment

Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University
Brad Ross, National Bureau of Economic Research
Eray Turkel, Google Research
3:00pm
Break
3:10pm

How Does Economic Activity Adapt to Pollution Pricing?

Jakob Schneebacher, Competition and Markets Authority
Joel Kariel, Competition and Markets Authority
Fizza Jabbar, Competition and Markets Authority
3:35pm

Scale Effects of Rapid Transit and Automobile Adoption

Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University and NBER
Paulina Oliva, University of Southern California and NBER
Christopher Severen, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
4:00pm
Break
4:10pm

Charging Uncertainty: Real-Time Charging Data and Electric Vehicle Adoption (slides)

Elaine Buckberg, Harvard University
Cassandra E. Cole, Harvard University
Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER
Omar Asensio, Georgia Institute of Technology
Luke Heeney, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:35pm
Research Needs to Advance Policy
Darren Timothy, Chief Economist, US Department of Transportation
Stephen Redding, Princeton University and NBER
4:55pm
Closing Remarks
James Poterba, MIT and NBER
5:00pm
Adjourn