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Economics, Trade, and Logistics Program

Description

The Economics, Trade, and Logistics Program performs cost-benefit analyses for transportation projects and analyzes how law and policy affect transportation issues specifically related to public policy and decision support for public agencies. Emphases are on border issues, the feasibility of pricing and other mechanisms for managing demand, freight transportation, economic impact of transportation improvements and innovative financing for transportation infrastructure.

Expertise

Researchers in the Economics and Policy Program have expertise in the following areas:

  • International trade and border crossings,
  • Decision support for public agencies,
  • Congestion pricing,
  • Toll viability,
  • Economic analysis,
  • U.S. border security,
  • Financing for transportation infrastructure,
  • Logistics, and
  • Freight transportation modeling.

Cooperative Relationships/Sponsors

The Economics and Policy Program maintains cooperative relationships with the following sponsors:

  • the Texas Department of Transportation,
  • Mexican Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexican Department of Transportation), and
  • Southwest Border Security Consortium.

For More Information

Juan Villa
CE/TTI Building, Room 603
TTI/Economics, Trade, and Logistics Program
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
j-villa@tamu.edu

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