Dan Bogart, economics associate professor, has received a $295,829 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between transportation improvements and the Industrial Revolution. This project makes use of Geographical Information Systems mapping technology to precisely model the transport cost and travel times between British cities from 1700-1870. The project will also estimate each city's cost of accessing markets and the effect on its wages and adoption of technologies, like the steam engine. Findings will shed light on savings made possible by new technology innovations in the transportation industry during this time frame.

Funding for this project began in March and will run through February 2016.