Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century

Edward L. Glaeser, James M. Poterba, and Stephen J. Redding, Organizers

October 9, 2020

Friday, October 9
10:00 am	Welcome
10:05 am	Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER Traffic in the City: The Impact of Infrastructure Improvements in the Presence of Endogenous Traffic Congestion (slides)
10:45 am	Break
10:50 am	Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER Juan Pablo Uribe, Brown University Does the US have an Infrastructure Cost Problem? Evidence from the Interstate Highway System (slides)
11:30 am	Break
11:35 am	Prottoy Akbar, Aalto University Victor Couture, University of British Columbia Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER Mobility and Congestion in World Cities: Evidence from Google Maps
12:15 pm	Break
12:30 pm	Caitlin S. Gorback, NBER Transportation Data Collection Initiative
12:45 pm	Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University Laura Doval, Columbia University Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER The Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides
1:25 pm	Break
1:30 pm	Brad R. Humphreys, West Virginia University Margaret C. Bock, Goucher College Alexander J. Cardazzi, Old Dominion University Effects of Pavement Roughness on Traffic Outcomes: Evidence from California (slides)
2:10 pm	Break
2:15 pm	Jonathan Hall, University of Toronto Joshua Madsen, University of Minnesota Can Behavioral Interventions Be Too Salient? Evidence From Traffic Safety Messages
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