Fig. 1: Forecasted time series for five economic indicators—Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Total Employment, Labor Force, Output, and Real Disposable Income—under five distinct Key Bridge and/or Port of Baltimore closure scenarios.
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Each plot represents a different variable, with step-function lines illustrating the annual impacts of the closure scenarios projected until 2040. These simulations provide a comparative view of how each closure scenario uniquely affects each economic indicator over time. Notably, the compounding closure scenarios (represented by the blue and red lines) result in greater impacts compared to their single-closure counterparts. We also note that in the combined 11-week scenario, most of the impact is due to the port, making it very close to the 11-week port closure scenario.
