Economic Analysis Links

The following list contains links to other FHWA offices and websites that have information about economic analysis of highway infrastructure and operations.

Associate Administrator for Infrastructure:

• Office of Asset Management:
  • Economic Analysis Primer
  • Highway Economic Requirements System/State Version
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
• Office of Program Administration:
  • Federal-Aid Highway Toll Facilities
  • Major Projects
  • Price Trends for Federal-Aid Highway Construction (Bid Price Index)
  • Value Engineering

Associate Administrator for Operations:

• Office of Freight Management and Operations:
  • Economic Methods and Studies
  • Freight Analysis Framework (FAF)
• Office of Transportation Management:
  • Traffic Analysis Toolbox

Associate Administrator for Planning, Environment, & Realty:

• Office of Planning:
  • Economic Development
  • Induced Travel: Frequently Asked Questions
  • Planning Tools
  • Surface Transportation Efficiency Analysis Model
  • Toolbox for Regional Policy Analysis
    • Cost-Benefit Toolbox
    • Economic Development Toolbox
• Office of Interstate and Border Planning
  • National Corridor Planning & Development Program
    • Procedural Guidelines for Highway Feasibility Studies

Associate Administrator for Policy:

• Office of Highway Policy Information:
  • Financing Federal-Aid Highways
  • Highway Statistics Publications
• Office of Legislation and Strategic Planning:
  • 2002 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance Report to Congress
• Office of Transportation Policy Studies:
  • Highways and the Economy Initiatives
  • Highway Cost Allocation Study
  • Value Pricing Pilot Program

Intelligent Transportation Systems/Joint Program Office:

• ITS Benefits and Costs Database