EDR Group served as a sponsor of the recent International Transportation Economic Development Conference (ITED), held May 1-3 in Charleston, WV.  The conference itself, as well as the presentations from the keynote speakers, received strong press coverage.  

Selected coverage includes:

Bloomberg Businesweek

Charleston Daily Mail

Website of U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (WV)

Website of Senator Jay Rockefeller (WV)

WVVA.com (NBC Affiliate)

Thetrucker.com

In addition, members of the EDR Group team presented during eight of the conference sessions:  

'Beyond the Value of Travel Time: Examining the Effects of Shipper Logistics on Economic Investment Decisions Involving Freight Systems" - Brian Alstadt

"Economic Development and High-speed Rail: How Market Access and City Size Influence Development Opportunities" - Stephen Fitzroy

"Long-Term Economic Requirements in Transportation Planning" - Glen Weisbrod

"The TPICS Web Tool: A Dataset of Transportation Project Impact Case Studies" - Stephen Fitzroy

"Meta Analysis of Economic Impact Studies: Implications for Highway Investment Planning" - Steven Landau

"Advances in Modeling Economic Development Impacts of Multi-Modal Investments" - Glen Weisbrod, Steven Landau, Brian Alstadt

"Economic Impacts of Complimentary Roadway and Airport Expansions" - Steven Landau