Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century

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

October 18, 2024

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Conference Code of Conduct

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
Erick Guerra, University of Pennsylvania
Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Xinyu Ma, University of Pennsylvania

Urban Roadway in America: The Amount, Extent, and Value
1:35pm
Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College
Lianne Sturgeon, Scripps College

Does Uber Reduce Public Transit Ridership? Evidence & Impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area
2:00pm
Break
2:10pm
Michael Ostrovsky, Stanford University and NBER
Frank Yang, Stanford University

Effective and Equitable Congestion Pricing: New York City and Beyond
2:35pm
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University
Brad Ross, Stanford University
Eray Turkel, Stanford University

Can Usage Based Pricing Reduce Congestion? Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment
3:00pm
Break
3:10pm
Jakob Schneebacher, Competition and Markets Authority
Joel Kariel, Competition and Markets Authority
Fizza Jabbar, Competition and Markets Authority

How Does Economic Activity Adapt to Pollution Pricing?
3:35pm
Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University and NBER
Paulina Oliva, University of Southern California and NBER
Christopher Severen, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Scale Effects of Rapid Transit and Automobile Adoption
4:00pm
Break
4:10pm
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 Tech
Luke Heeney, MIT

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