Connecting People, Goods, and Ideas Through Rigorous Analysis
In an era of accelerating infrastructure demands and increasingly complex policy environments, understanding how transportation systems shape economic outcomes has never been more critical. Jack Faucett Analytics brings the analytical depth and institutional knowledge necessary to transform transportation challenges into data-driven solutions that stand up to federal scrutiny.
Our Approach
We view transportation not as an isolated sector, but as the connective tissue of the broader economy—where mobility investments intersect with labor markets, freight flows, energy systems, and land use. Our methodology moves beyond traffic counts and level-of-service metrics, applying multimodal economic modeling and rigorous benefit-cost frameworks to illuminate how infrastructure decisions ripple across the full economic landscape.
Core Capabilities
Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) & Regulatory Impact Assessment: We quantify the economic value of transportation investments and rulemakings—from highway safety regulations to pipeline standards—ensuring that public capital is deployed with maximum efficiency and full regulatory compliance.
Travel Demand Modeling & Traffic Forecasting: Leveraging decades of experience with federal and state agencies, JFA develops and applies travel demand models that accurately project future conditions, informing corridor studies, capacity decisions, and long-range planning.
Safety Valuation & Crash Cost Estimation: JFA has shaped the national standards for valuing lives and injuries in transportation analysis. Our safety research underpins federal guidance used by FHWA, NHTSA, and PHMSA to evaluate the societal benefits of safety improvements across all modes.
Economic Impact & Program Evaluation: From inland port feasibility studies to national program assessments, we measure the direct, indirect, and induced economic effects of transportation investments—providing decision-makers with the full picture of economic return.
Why Jack Faucett Analytics?
Six Decades of Transportation Expertise: Founded in 1963, JFA has built an unmatched institutional record supporting FHWA, FTA, PHMSA, NCHRP, and state and regional agencies across all modes—highway, transit, rail, pipeline, and aviation.
Methods That Define the Field: Our economists and analysts have contributed to landmark federal research on the value of travel time and crash cost estimation—work that has shaped federal guidance and informed program decisions for generations.
Decision-Grade Deliverables: We don’t just model transportation systems; we deliver accessible, 508-compliant analysis that empowers agency staff, policymakers, and stakeholders to act with confidence at every stage of the project and policy lifecycle.
“Transportation is the backbone of every economy we study. Our work ensures that the decisions shaping that backbone are grounded in the most rigorous analysis available.”