FHWA has worked often with the TRB committee on Economic Development and Land Use. The website of this committee is https://sites.google.com/view/ams50
The Georgia DOT has an economic development related analysis of the Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP) accessible from: https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/GRIP.aspx One of the purposes of the GRIP was economic development.
The National Association of Development Organizations and the National Association of Counties have a joint effort to encourage proper use of transportation in rural economic development.
