Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century

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

October 8, 2021

on Zoom.us, Times in US EST

Friday, October 8
10:00 am	Welcome Andrew Wishnia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, US Department of Transportation James Poterba, MIT and NBER
10:15 am	Milena Almagro Garcia, University of Chicago and NBER Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER The Potential of Public Transit: Evidence from Mobile Phone Data (slides)
10:45 am	Peter Christensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER Lewis Lehe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adam Osman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Last Mile Problem -- A Grand Transportation Challenge (slides)
11:15 am	Discussion
11:30 am	Break
11:40 am	Marta A. Santamaria, University of Warwick Diana Van Patten, Yale University and NBER Detour Ahead: Market Frictions and Path Dependence in Transport Networks (slides)
12:10 pm	Zachary Liscow, Yale University Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley Procurement and Infrastructure Costs (slides)
12:40 pm	Discussion
1:00 pm	Break
1:15 pm	Keynote Address: Technological Progress and Alternatives to Fossil Fuels in the Transportation Sector: Relevance to Economists and Policy-makers (slides) Daniel Sperling, University of California, Davis
2:00 pm	Break
2:05 pm	Mark R. Jacobsen, University of California, San Diego and NBER James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Arthur A. van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Regulating Untaxable Externalities: Evidence from Vehicle Air Pollution and Exhaust Standards (slides)
2:35 pm	Discussion
2:45 pm	Panel Discussion: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Opportunity Moderator: Stephen Redding, Princeton University and NBER Panelists: Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER Stephanie Lawrence, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Department of Transportation Myra Mohnen, University of Ottawa (slides) Nick Tsivanidis, University of California at Berkeley (slides)
3:30 pm	Adjourn