Transportation Economics

Transportation economics provides private industry with information to determine the safest, most cost effective means of shipping and receiving. Federal, state, and local governments use transportation economics to make related planning decisions for sustainable economic growth and development. Transportation economics research provides essential information to connect and move people, goods, and services quickly and efficiently.

The transportation economists at RTI understand the critical role transportation plays commercially and socially. They are experts at analyzing data, observing trends, and monitoring the regulatory changes that impact the costs and benefits of all transport systems and predicting the needs, price, and the effects of competition on transportation in the future.