This case study stems from an ongoing project to demonstrate that trade and economic development could be enhanced by transportationinvestments. The project was initiated by a private-sector foreign trade, development, and management firm (the consortium for international trade and investment). The correlation between transportation access and the viability of international trade and investment activity is examined by focusing on a case study in east boston, massachusetts. With an intensified push for u.S. Exports, several factors should be integrated into the private-public export investment strategy--urban goods movement, international transportation features, infrastructural capacity, and the entire export transportation network. To realize the necessary catalysts for such an export trade investment strategy, both the public and private sectors must be informed, educated, and mobilized to the urgency of the problem. Creating a multifaceted solution requires the input of transportation planners, economic development specialists, governmental entities, private sector concerns, and the communities affected. Such an interactive coalition-building process is discussed and recommendations are provided. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1274, Transportation and economic development 1990: proceedings of a conference, williamsburg, virginia, november 5-8, 1989.
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