Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- The Federal Government's Link Between Transportation and the Economy -- Calls to Reform U.S. Transportation Policy -- Federal Participation in Transportation Infrastructure Financing Since the 1950s -- Current Issues in Federal Highway Spending and Policy -- The United States Is Not Alone -- The Plan for This Monograph -- Chapter Two: The Effects of Highway Infrastructure on Economic Activity -- Literature Selection -- National-Level Analysis and the Interstate Highway System -- The Nadiri and Mamuneas Study for the Federal Highway Administration -- Summing Up National-Level Research -- State-Level Analysis of Effects -- Summing Up Research on State-Level Effects -- Local Effects Analysis -- Studies of Local Geographic Areas Across States -- Roads Within States -- Roads Within Metropolitan Areas -- Summing Up Research on Local Effects -- Evidence from International Comparisons -- Summing Up International Comparisons -- Interim Conclusions on the Literature Review -- Chapter Three: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature Cited -- Results of the Meta-Analysis -- Summing Up the Meta-Analysis -- Summing Up the Literature on Transportation and the Economy -- Chapter Four: Conclusions: Policy Implications and Future Research -- Policy Implications -- Different Outcomes for Different Situations: Targeting Transportation Investments -- Spillovers Can Create Winners and Losers -- Federal Support for Widespread Versus Local Effects -- New Directions for Research -- Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix: A Meta-Analysis of the Papers Reviewed -- Bibliography.