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EBP Supports $50 million in 2022 RAISE and INFRA Grant Awards
EBP assisted with the benefit-cost analysis on winning applications for the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program, and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program.
Stein Presents at Prioritization of Public Transportation Investments Webinar
EBP's Naomi Stein was a featured presenter on a Transportation Research Board (TRB)-hosted webinar on "Prioritization of Public Transportation Investments."
Landau Quoted in ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine (Nov '20)
EBP's Steven Landau was Quoted in the November, 2020 issue of the ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine.
Naomi Stein Quoted in Washington Post on Monorail Economic Impacts Study
Naomi Stein was quoted in an article entitled "Monorail between Montgomery and Frederick counties would generate billions in economic benefits, study says," published in the October 29th, 2020 issue of the Washington Post.
Steve Landau Quoted in Engineering News-Record on Failure to Act Study
Steven Landau was quoted in the Engineering News-Record on 9/23/20 in an article entitled "Highway-Transit Extension is a Plus, but Won't Narrow Needs Gap."
“Predicting the Post-COVID-19 World: Implications on Business and Economic Development" Webinar Now Available for Viewing
You can now view the latest free video webinar in Business Facilities‘ COVID-19: Response And Recovery Webinar Series, “Predicting the Post-COVID-19 World.”
EDR Group Featured in Stadium Impacts in American City & County Magazine
American City and County Magazine, 2002
On the Grid or off the Grind: Bigger is better
Read the article by Burton A. Weisbrod, and G. Weisbrod, San Francisco Chronicle, Februrary 25, 2001
Merrimack Valley Project wins NEDA 2001 Best of Class Award
The Northeast Economic Developers Association has awarded its Best of Class Literature and Promotion Award to "Merrimack Valley: The Crossroads of New England on CD-ROM."
Pennsylvania Study wins GRA 2000 National Award
The Government Research Association has awarded its Certificate of Merit to the Study of Economic Impacts for the I-95/Pensylvania Turnpike Interchange, conducted jointly by the Pennsylvania Economy League and Economic Development Research Group.
MOVING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE CALIFORNIA: EXPLORING LIVABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY & PROSPERITY
For California DOT and the UC Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC), Glen Weisbrod of EDR Group (now EBP) was an invited speaker at a 2016 workshop of national experts to discuss options for transportation performance metrics that spanned the three areas of Livability, Accessibility & Prosperity. Mr. Weisbrod presented options for prosperity performance measures and discussed their interaction and correlation with livability and accessibility measures. He also co-lead discussions with Caltrans staff on these interactions:
Transport Topics Covers Plumeau's Presentation on Smart Initiatives and Firm Site Selection Decisions"
LYNCHBURG NEWS & ADVANCE ARTICLE FEATURES EDR GROUP STUDY ON IMPACT OF REGION'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
On April 13, 2017, an article in the Lynchburg News & Advance, titled "Study of Lynchburg Region's Transportation System Completed," explained the study and findings from the team, which included EDR Group, Michael Baker International and Renaissance Planning. Research for the study included data analysis and an extensive interviewing process to talk with as many transportation and business stakeholders in the region as possible.
EDR GROUP PRESS MENTIONS ON PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION
The Panama Canal expansion project doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal, and opened to ships on June 26, 2016. As a national leader in port and waterways economics, EDR Group's port experts were interviewed and quoted by a large number of national media outlets regarding the implications of the expansion on the global trade economy.