Economic Competitiveness

Research Reports

• The Impacts of COVID-19 Telecommuting for the Twin Cities Metro Area
  March 2024, Report no. TPEC Telecommuting 2024
• Electric Vehicle Fees: What Factors Prompt States to Adopt Them? (Research Brief)
  February 2024, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2024-02
• Alternative Revenue Mechanisms for the Roadway System (Research Brief)
  January 2024, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2024-01
• Medical Device Industry Cluster in Greater Minnesota: Spatial Impacts and Illustrative Case Study
  January 2024, Report no. TPEC MDIC 2024
• Motorization Trends in Minnesota: 1980-2021 (Research Brief)
  November 2023, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2023-01
• Motorization Trends in Minnesota (2023)
  June 2023, Report no. TPEC-MTFD-R1-2023
• Connected and Automated Vehicles: Accessibility for the Twin Cities East Metro (Research Brief)
  October 2022, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2022-02
• Minnesota Transportation Funding Redistribution: 2015-2020 (Research Brief)
  July 2022, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2022-01
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness Program 2020-2022 Progress Report
  June 2022, Report no. TPEC 2022-02
• Minnesota Transportation Funding Redistribution (2015-2020): Who Contributes More and Who Receives More?
  April 2022, Report no. TPEC 2022-03
• Sustaining Minnesota's Medical Device Industry Cluster: A Vital Role for Multimodal Transportation
  January 2022, Report no. TPEC 2022-01
• Minnesota Roadway Funding: Where Does it Come From and Where Does it Go? (Research Brief)
  August 2020, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2020-01
• Connected and Automated Vehicles: Opportunity for Equity, Accessibility, and Safety (Research Brief)
  August 2020, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2020-02
• Minnesota Roadway Funding: Revenue Sources & Distribution
  July 2020, Report no. TPEC-MTFD-R1-2020
• How Do Complete Streets Matter for Communities? The Case of Richfield, Minnesota
  July 2020, Report no. MnDOT 2020-22
• Local Contributions to State and Regional Transportation Facilities in Minnesota
  May 2020, Report no. MnDOT 2020-12
• Minnesota Medical Device Industry Cluster: Development, Linkages, and Transportation
  October 2019, Report no. TPEC 2019-01
• Identifying the Opportunities and Obstacles of Connected and Automated Vehicles in Rural Minnesota: Community Engagement in Greater Minnesota
  June 2019, Report no. TPEC 2019-02
• Minnesota's Motorization Trends Reshape Roadway Funding (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-02
• Minnesota Transportation Funding: How Are Federal and State Funds Redistributed? (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-01
• Blockchain: A Disruptive Technology for Transportation? (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-05
• Minnesota's Booming Medical Sector Relies on Airports (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-03
• Minnesota Transportation Finance Database: Visualization Tool Enables Access and Usage (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-04
• Connected and Automated Vehicles: Opportunity for Safety, Accessibility, and Equity (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-06
• Equity issues of self-driving vehicles (Research Brief)
  June 2018, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2018-03
• Evolving grain markets and supply chains (Research Brief)
  June 2018, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2018-02
• Minnesota Transportation Finance Database: Data updated, new analyses (Research Brief)
  June 2018, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2018-01
• Minnesota Transportation Funding Redistribution (2010-2015): Who Contributes More and Who Receives More?
  March 2018, Report no. TPEC 2018-01
• Transportation Investment and Job Creation in Minnesota Counties
  January 2018, Report no. MnDOT 2018-04
• Self Driving Vehicle Task Force Write-up: Issues, Opportunities, and Next Steps
  June 2017, Report no. TPEC 2017-02
• Gauging the Impacts: Self-Driving Vehicles (Research Brief)
  April 2017, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2017-02
• Industry Clusters and Freight Infrastructure (Research Brief)
  April 2017, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2017-03
• Minnesota Transportation Finance Database (Research Brief)
  April 2017, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2017-01
• Minnesota Transportation Funding Redistribution (2009-2014): Who Contributes More, Who Receives More?
  March 2017, Report no. TPEC 2017-01
• Transportation Investment and Economic Development in Minnesota Counties
  April 2015, Report no. MnDOT 2015-12
• Funding China's Urban Infrastructure: Revenue Structure and Financing Approaches
  May 2011, Report no. CTS 11-10
• Advancing Public Interest in Public-Private Partnership of State Highway Development
  February 2011, Report no. MnDOT 2011-09
• Advanced Acquisition of Right-of-Way: Best Practices and Corridor Case Studies
  January 2009, Report no. Mn/DOT 2009-07
• Minnesota Value Pricing Outreach and Education
  October 2006, Report no. MnDOT 2006-38
• On The Value of Minnesota's Road Network
  January 2001, Report no. MnDOT 2004-16

Active and Completed Research Projects

• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY25
  (07/2024), Status: Active
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY24
  (07/2023), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY23
  (07/2022), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY22
  (07/2021), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY21
  (07/2020), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY20
  (07/2019), Status: Completed
• Quantifying the Impacts of Complete Streets: The Case of Richfield
  (08/2018), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY19
  (07/2018), Status: Completed
• Evaluating the Impact of Local Expenditures on State and Regional Transportation Facilities
  (06/2018), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness, Year 5
  (07/2017), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness, year 4
  (07/2016), Status: Completed
• Transportation Investment and Job Creation in Minnesota Counties
  (06/2016), Status: Completed
• Transportation Investment and Economic Development in Minnesota Counties
  (08/2013), Status: Completed
• Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Freight Economy in Minnesota
  (12/2012), Status: Completed
• Economic Benefits of Transportation Service Coordination in Minnesota: Case Studies
  (08/2012), Status: Completed
• Enterprising Twin Cities Transitways: Regional Competitiveness and Social Equity in an Integrated Land Use and Transit Context
  (10/2010), Status: Completed
• Funding Urban Infrastructure Development, China Style
  (06/2010), Status: Completed
• Advancing Public Interest in Public-Private Partnerships of State Highway Development
  (06/2009), Status: Completed
• Value Capture for Transportation Finance
  (07/2008), Status: Completed
• Growth of Property Values Near Major Transportation Corridors
  (01/2007), Status: Completed
• Minnesota Value Pricing Outreach and Education
  (03/2003), Status: Completed
• Economic Value of Minnesota's Transportation Network
  (07/1999), Status: Completed