Thursday, June 17
1:00 pm
Welcome
The Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, US Department of Transportation
James Poterba, MIT and NBER
1:10 pm
COVID-19 Pandemic and the Transportation Sector
Chair: Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
Motor Vehicle Fatalities During the COVID-19 Epidemic
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
COVID-19 and Public Transit
Caitlin S. Gorback, NBER (slides)
State Responses to COVID’s Impact on Transportation Budgets
Jake Varn, National Governors Association (slides)
2:20 pm
Infrastructure Investments and Shift to Low-Carbon Transportation Sector
Chair: Valerie A. Ramey, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use

(slides)
Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER
James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER
David S. Rapson, University of California, Davis
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

The Environmental Benefits from Transportation Electrification: Urban Buses

(slides)
Stephen P. Holland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER
Erin T. Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER
Nicholas Z. Muller, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Andrew J. Yates, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?

(slides)
Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:40 pm
Keynote Lecture
Estimating the Cost of Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
4:15pm
Panel Discussion: Racial Disparities in Transportation Access
Chair: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Lin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
Katherine O'Regan, New York University
Michael E. Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles
5:10 pm
Closing Remarks
Stephanie Lawrence, Director, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Department of Transportation
5:15 pm
Adjourn