CFIRE researchers recently published a guide entitled Using Benefit-Cost Analysis for Evaluating Discretionary Transportation Infrastructure Investment. This guide uses Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant requirements to as an example of using BCA as a project selection tool. TIGER as a program relies on benefit-cost analysis (BCA) as a selection criteria for grant recipients. Managers and analysts alike can use BCA guidance […]
Category: Outreach
Friday, October 5, 2012, 8 a.m. – noon Holiday Inn Rochester Downtown 220 South Broadway Avenue Rochester, MN 55904 The next meeting of the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee (MFAC) will focus on the unique freight issues and innovations experienced by Southeast Minnesota. Plan now to attend and hear from shippers, carriers, facilities operators, and the public […]
The Mid-America Freight Coalition is entering into a collaborative partnership with the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies (ITTS). This interregional partnership encompasses more than half of the United States and includes nearly every core industry—agriculture, automotive, manufacturing, mining, commodities, logistics, shipping, and warehousing. Representatives from the MAFC and ITTS will work together to further […]
The Mid-America Freight Coalition is entering into a collaborative partnership with the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies (ITTS). This interregional partnership encompasses more than half of the United States and includes nearly every core industry—agriculture, automotive, manufacturing, mining, commodities, logistics, shipping, and warehousing. Representatives from the MAFC and ITTS will work together to further […]
Researchers have recently completed the Develop and Disseminate Outreach Materials to Enhance Freight Investments in the Mississippi Valley Region (MAFC 08) project and issued a final report. This project created a new section on the MAFC website that contains information about freight and goods movements in each of the ten states of the Mid-America Freight […]
National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI CFIRE is seeking to hire a researcher with significant experience in freight policy, planning, and engineering research to conduct research, education, and outreach projects for CFIRE and the Mid-America Freight Coalition. Applications are due July 6, 2011. For more information […]
On the second day of the 2011 MAFC Annual Meeting, a group of state, academic, and MPO representatives attended a workshop conducted by the MAFC research staff. This workshop was designed to gather feedback and ideas for the MAFC outreach project (MAFC 08), which will conclude shortly. The workshop began with an overview of feedback […]