JFA provides professional research and consulting services in a wide-range of subject areas. Our breadth of experience and multi-disciplinary staff provide our clients with the innovative and comprehensive resources needed to produce reliable analysis and recommendations. The following are several of our firm's key service areas:
- TransportationJFA has a national reputation as a leader in the development of innovative techniques for transportation policy analysis and planning. Projects cover every mode of transportation. Areas of expertise include:
- Modeling transportation supply and demand
- Building market databases
- Forecasting demand
- Analyzing the effects of regulation
- Analyzing the economic and environmental effects of transportation systems on surrounding communities.
Over the decade, JFA has conducted more than 25 freight and goods movement studies for federal, state, and regional government agencies. These studies have focused on truck and rail operations, goods movement policy, freight modeling, and environmental analysis of freight modes. In the area of truck operations, JFA is currently working with the South Bay Cities Council of Governments in
In the area of environmental impacts and policies related to freight and goods movement, JFA is currently supporting the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in a study of truck emissions in the New York Metropolitan Area. JFA is responsible for characterizing truck populations and activity in
JFA is one of the leaders in the development of advanced freight transportation planning models. The firm is currently conducting a Small Business Innovative Research project for the Federal Highway Administration to develop next generation freight destination choice, mode choice, and route choice models. The firm recently completed development of a state of the art truck travel demand model for the Southern California Association of Governments. JFA has also developed truck modeling components of travel demand models for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Committee (
Jack Faucett Associates has completed more than a hundred projects in energy planning and analysis. We are a recognized authority in building databases of energy supply and demand, and in analyzing the economic and policy effects of emerging energy technologies. Other areas of expertise include:
- Analyzing the economic effects of energy policies
- Analyzing energy distribution systems
- Evaluating energy costs
- Assessing the effects of changes in energy costs and technologies on other segments of the economy.
Services related to environmental issues have been a major focus of research at Jack Faucett Associates for more than a decade. Topics range from evaluating alternatives for reducing cancer in communities surrounding plants that emit radioactive pollutants, to updating the model on which the Environmental Protection Agency bases its analyses of the costs of automobile regulations, to training state and local officials in the enforcement of environmental law. Current services in the environmental area include:
- Analyzing economic effects of regulations
- Evaluating enforcement techniques and their costs
- Examining the costs and benefits of pollution control technologies
- Evaluating the effects of environmental policies on other national objectives and programs
- Assessing the value of flood and erosion control activities.
Areas of expertise related to human resources include labor economics, economics of education policy, evaluation of employee benefits programs and design of compensation systems. Our capabilities include both domestic and international dimensions of human resources issues. Current services include:
- Labor market forecasting
- Education policy analysis
- Economic analysis of safety and health regulations
- Evaluation of employee compensation and benefits
- Development of plans and procedures for safe workplaces
- Evaluation of labor productivity
Extensive experience in developing multi-state input-output models and in creating data bases on employment and business activity at the state and local level has given Jack Faucett Associates special capabilities in the field of regional economics. These capabilities have been applied to railroads, ports, and major energy projects. Our capabilities in building econometric models can serve the needs of both government and private clients to analyze and forecast the economic growth trends of entire regions or of specific markets. Areas of expertise include:
- Formulating plans for developing urban centers
- Analyzing the economic impact of industrial development
- Evaluating the benefits of improved transportation systems
- Evaluating market opportunities for local industries
- Developing regionla economic models.
As economic policymakers in government and private business address the problems of declining productivity growth and heightened competition in world markets, the topics of investment, capital accumulation, productivity, an technological change become critical concerns. Over the past twenty years Jack Faucett Associates has, through basic research in these areas, contributed substantially to the understanding of the performance of the
Areas of expertise include:
- Econometric models of supply and demand
- Export market analysis
- Regulatory impact analysis
- Analysis of the impact of specific industries on the total economy
industry data development
The specialty of Jack Faucett Associates in the broad field of management consulting is in the evaluation and prediction of business success. We analyze and evaluate the financial and economic health of both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. We examine plans and recommend changes that can improve market position. Recently we have assessed more than 500 applicants for federal cultural grants and have examined 115 attempted business start-ups.
Project experience includes:
- New-product feasibility studies
- Analysis of the effects on small businesses of changes in the tax code
- Management assessments of applicants for grants
- Evaluations of success of new minority businesses
- Appraisals of grant programs
JFA Corporate Headquarters:
4550 Montgomery Ave. Suite 300N Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 961-8800 Fax: (301) 469-3001
JFA Western Regional Office:
2601 Blanding Ave.
No. 160
Alameda, CA 94501
Phone: (510) 533-6059 Fax: (510) 533-6048