Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY21

Principal Investigator(s):

Frank Douma, Director, State & Local Policy, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Co-Investigators:

  • Adeel Lari, Former Researcher, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  • Lee Munnich, Senior Fellow (Retired), Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  • Zhirong Zhao, Former U of M Faculty, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Project summary:

In its 2013 session, the Minnesota Legislature directed the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to fund research at the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies on "transportation policy and economic competitiveness, including, but not limited to, innovative transportation finance options and economic development, transportation impacts of industry clusters and freight, and transportation technology impacts on economic competitiveness."

This project implemented that directive. The Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness Program engages in research, outreach, and other related activities that investigate how innovative transportation finance, industry clusters, and transportation technologies affect economic competitiveness. As in previous years, the overall focus continued to be on investigating how innovations in transportation can contribute to economic competitiveness, but this year highlighted equity impacts in these areas and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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