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Micro-Dynamics of Business Location and Growth and its Effects on the Transportation Network and Congestion in Georgia and the Southeast Region

项目名称：	Micro-Dynamics of Business Location and Growth and its Effects on the Transportation Network and Congestion in Georgia and the Southeast Region
摘要：	The project will examine selected industries that are economically important to Georgia and to the broader Southeast region, and that are some of the important drivers of demand for transportation (road, rail and ports). Examining the link between the micro-dynamics of industrial location and growth and the demand for transportation is important for several reasons. A more efficient and less congested transportation system, for example, will mean lower costs for the industries, allowing them to attain higher levels of economic performance and be more competitive on a national global scale. A better performing and more competitive industrial sector, in turn, will spur greater economic development in Georgia and in the greater Southeast. region. To truly understand the complexities of transportation and its impacts, the researchers contend that one needs to focus on some of the core industries that generate demand for the various modes of transportation. The research is novel in its use of pooling new, as well as existing, data sources to explore the little understood linkages between the micro-foundation of industry dynamics and economic activity, along with the macro-congestion aspects of freight transport. The project will contain four distinct aspects important to providing a comprehensive understanding: They include: 1) a review of economic and financial incentives that the state of Georgia and other states in the Southeast region have provided to attract key companies and industries that provide large economic impact; 2) a focus on selected industries (e.g., automobiles) which have been an important target of policy initiatives; 3) a careful mapping of the supply-chain - particularly the automobile industry - by developing a taxonomy of the main component areas, and identifying major suppliers; 4) examining the demands of these flows of industry inputs and final products place on the transportation system, using predetermined data sources, to develop per unit of consumption and production transportation costs by mode of transport for the principlal commodities moved.
状态：	Completed
资金：	58538.00
资助组织：	Georgia Department of Transportation<==>Research and Innovative Technology Administration
执行机构：	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
开始时间：	20120531
实际结束时间：	20140815
主题领域：	Economics；Highways；Marine Transportation；Operations and Traffic Management；Railroads