Fall/Winter 2021
NEW REPORTS
  • Michigan Long-Range Transportation Plan

  • Transit in the Atlanta Region

  • West Virginia Aviation Economic Impact Study
BLOGS & INSIGHTS
  • Improving Port Economic Analysis


  • Good Practices in Economic Incentive Programs

  • NYC COVID Recovery-One Year Later
PRESENTATIONS
  • Commuting in America


  • Value of Transit

  • Canadian Alternative Investments in Pensions

  • Infrastructure in the US

  • Innovations in Freight Data Planning

  • ROI Business Case Guide
KUDOS
  • Chris Steele Contributes to Award Winning Industrial Development Incentive Program
TRB ANNUAL MEETING
NEW EMPLOYEES
On behalf of EBP, I wish all of our clients, partners, colleagues, and friends a bright and joyous holiday season. I have been truly gratified and inspired by the resilience so many of you have demonstrated in the last year. Here’s to a safe and healthy 2022!
 
Best Wishes,

Peter Plumeau
President and CEO

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Michigan Long-Range Transportation Plan 2045

For Michigan DOT, EBP was a lead member of the team that developed the first combined statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan, Rail Plan and Freight Plan in the country. In the first phase, EBP led the review of socioeconomic trends and forecasts and developed an approach to assessing the economic benefits of initiatives in the plan. During the second phase, EBP led the baseline trends task, which outlined the influence of demographic, economic, technology, spatial development, and health trends on long-term transportation needs in Michigan. Read More
Access to Opportunity and Pandemic Trends – Transit in the Atlanta Region

EBP, working with Foursquare ITP, developed the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority’s (ATL) third Annual Report and Audit (ARA) to document transit performance and communicate the value of transit in the 13-county Atlanta metro area. Read More
West Virginia Aviation Economic Impact Study

EBP, as part of a consultant team, identified the wide range of economic benefits the West Virginia aviation system contributes to the state. Airports in West Virginia are important economic anchors serving as job centers, and support a wider range of industries in the state including aerospace, tourism, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, health and more. Read More
BLOGS & INSIGHTS
Improving Port Economic Impact Analysis in Response to COVID-19
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional “counting” approaches to the economic contribution of ports are no longer sufficient to communicate the story of how a port supports a local, regional, or state economy. Clearly, we have seen in recent months how port delays have exposed significant bottlenecks in the supply chain, both in terms of time and reliability, and thus have become primary lynchpins in strategies to help solve these problems. Read More
Recently in the New York Times, it was reported that the structure and condition of the electric grid are increasingly serious obstacles to transitioning away from one-way central electricity generation to a more complex grid design where energy is generated by both utilities and new, distributed customer inputs for which the central systems were never designed. In parts of California and elsewhere, rooftop solar and other distributed energy sources generate more electricity during certain times of day than the grid can use, frustrating homeowners who have made expensive investments in renewable energy systems but are not seeing payback from selling their generation to the utility. Read More
Good Practices in Economic Incentive Programs
Incentives, grants, training programs, and other inducements are policies designed by government to enhance a location’s competitiveness, create a local benefit, or otherwise induce a company to make a location decision that they might not otherwise make. And just like any other tool, they can only be used effectively if those applying it understand the problem they are trying to solve, and then bring the right policy to the table. Read More
New York City’s COVID-19 Recovery-One Year Later
It has been nearly a year since our last blog about New York City and its COVID-19 related challenges and responses. At that time, uncertainty about how well the City would cope, as well as long-term prospects for recovery, were at their height. Since then, the national, state, and local public health responses have greatly improved. COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out, and after initial difficulties in production, distribution and administration, vaccines are now plentiful, as is COVID-19 testing.
Three critical areas key to recovery are transportation, real estate, and workforce. How have they performed, both in absolute terms and relative to projections a year or so ago? Read More
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
KUDOS
Chris Steele Contributes to IEDC Gold Award Winning Industrial Development Incentive Program

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA) was recently recognized by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) by winning the prestigious, Gold Rank Award for AIHA’s Heartland Incentive Program (HIP). Chris Steele was hired by the AIHA to work with its member municipalities to help finalize the policy, and then to write the individual municipal bylaws to implement the program. Read More
TRB ANNUAL MEETING
EBP is looking forward to participating in person and presenting at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting, which will be held January 9–13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Our staff will also be involved in numerous committee meetings and events, and we hope to see you there!
EBP PROUDLY WELCOMES...