New Directions in Transportation Economics

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

June 17, 2021

On Zoom.us

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
	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 Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use (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 The Environmental Benefits from Transportation Electrification: Urban Buses (slides)
	Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax? (slides)
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