Highlights ► Develops a model to analyze the economic consequences of a disaster on a major element of the highway network. ► Adds the highway network to the National Interstate Economic Model (NIEMO) and makes freight traffic flows endogenous. ▶ Names the framework Transportation network National Interstate Economic Model (TransNIEMO). ► Enables us to study the state-specific and industry-specific economic impacts.
Abstract The state of the nation’s infrastructure is the subject of widespread discussion and comment because it is thought to include many deteriorating and unsafe bridges. Ever since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, there has been increasing concern over the extent to which an attack on infrastructure could result in serious economic disruption. This research develops a model to analyze the economic consequences of an attack on a major element of the highway network. We add a freight network to a national multiregional economic impact model and make freight traffic flows endogenous. The use of a sub-national interstate model recognizes that most infrastructure planning is at the state level and most political leaders’ interest is local. We base our approach on the National Interstate Economic Model (NIEMO) and refer to an elaboration that we name Transportation network and the National Interstate Economic Model (TransNIEMO). The new model enables us to study the state-specific and industry-specific economic impacts of some significant changes in the nature of highway freight movements. We tested the model for selected freight movements in and out of California. The results are entirely plausible and encourage us to elaborate and test the model for hypothetical disruptions of freight traffic throughout the US.
Adding a freight network to a national interstate input–output model: a TransNIEMO application for California
Journal of Transport Geography ; 19 , 6 ; 1410-1422
2011-01-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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