Transportation capital stocks

• National Economic return on future capital stock investment by mode
• Economic return to states on facility specific investments

• Fiscally constrained public investment is hampered by inability to match transporta- tion investments to economic returns.

• Purpose of transportation investment by public and private entities

• Transportation investments for maintenance would support current economic growth while investments that expand capacity potentially increase economic returns

Transportation costs and prices

• Trucking costs by type of cost
• Rail costs based on actual operating expenses rather than regulatory formula
• Comprehensive costs for bus, general aviation, pipeline
• Cargo damage and loss
• Comprehensive estimates of cost savings from congestion reduction.

• Cost data are used by busi- nesses and consumers to make transportation choices and by government to identify the economic consequences of transportation investments and regulations

Transportation’s contribution to the economy

• Economic and social activity enabled by transportation
• Value travel time by house- holds using the transportation system
• Value of transportation system and services to the economy and society

• Input to establishing the appropriate size of invest- ment programs and levels of revenue collection