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Glen Weisbrod of EBP is a coauthor of "Bus Transport Demand, Economics, Contracting and Policy," and specifically Chapter 26 on cost benefit and economic impact analysis for transit.

At the request of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), EBP analyzed how the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has affected the revenues and funding needs of public transit agencies nationwide.

On May 13th, 2020, The Transportation Research Board (TRB) will be hosting a webinar entitled "Data Sharing Tips for Public Transportation Agencies," and draws on EBP's research from the recently released "TCRP Research Report 213: Data Sharing Guidance for Public Transit Agencies – Now and in the Future."

EBP's Cecilia Viggiano will be presenting findings, and EBP's Glen Weisbrod will be moderating the question and answer session.

Click on the right side panel for more information and registration.

TRB hosted a webinar on Wednesday, March 11, that explored how to right-size transportation investments.

EBP (formerly EDR Group) staff members presented on a variety of transportation-related topics at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, January 12–16, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The event attracted more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world.

Boston, MA/January 2, 2020 - Economic Development Research Group (EDR Group), one of the nation's leading firms in infrastructure economics, has a new name: EBP.

As part of the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor initiative (ABEC, www.almaty-bishkek.org), Asian Development Bank (ADB) commissioned EBP to conduct an Economic Impact Assessment for a new mountain road crossing the border between Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic between Almaty and the tourism region Issyk-Kul.

EDR Group, an EBP Company, is proud to announce that Jonathan (Jon) Lee has joined us as a Principal. Jon has 15 years of professional experience in transportation and economics, with a recent focus on public policy.

EDR Group's Kyle Schroeckenthaler presented at the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making, held September 15th-18th, 2019 in Atlanta. Georgia. EDR Group was also a proud sponsor of the conference, held by TRB in partnership with AASHTO and AMPO.

EDR Group's Cecilia Viggiano presented at the Twin Cities Shared Mobility Data Seminar, July 11, 2019 at the University of Minnesota-East Bank Campus in Minneapolis. The topic of Cecilia's presentation is "Sharing Public Transit Data, Now and in the Future." The seminar was sponsored by the Twin Cities Shared Mobility Collaborative.

Peter Plumeau presented at the New York State Association of Metropolitan Planning Associations (NYSAMPO) 2019 Annual Conference, July 15th-18th in Syracuse, NY.

EDR Group, an EBP Company, is proud to announce the hiring of Ira Hirschman as a Senior Economist, based in New York. Dr. Hirschman has 35 years of experience as a transportation and urban economist, with a practice that has spanned virtually all areas of transportation and infrastructure development and public policy.

Kyle Schroeckenthaler spoke at the 6th annual, national meeting of the Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance (MBUFA), June 18th, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Scott Middleton presented at the 17th National Transportation Planning Applications Conference, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board (TRB).

EDR Group President, Peter Plumeau, presented EDR Group's perspectives on the site selection implications of advanced transportation technology at the Great Lakes Economic Forum, May 6-8, 2019 in Cleveland Ohio.

Derek Cutler presented on "Accounting For Uncertainty in Future Goods Movement" at the TRB Innovations in Freight Data Workshop on April 9th, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Glen Weisbrod presented on "Use of Predictive Scenario Analytics to Support Economic Development" at the Business Facilities LiveXchange Conference, held April 7-9, 2019 in Fort Worth, TX.

New book released: Developing Bus Rapid Transit: The Value of BRT in Urban Spaces, Elgar 2019.

EDR Group's Stephen Fitzroy presented to members of the Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance (MBUFA) who gathered in Washington, DC on February 26, 2019 for a quarterly meeting to review the findings of the National Symposium on a National Pilot held last November.

EDR Group Colleagues present on a variety of transportation-related topics at the The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting, January 13–17, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The event attract more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world.