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Mass Transit, High-Speed Rail, Light Rail, Buses and More

• Slow Start to L.A.'s Toll Lanes Certain to Gain Speed
  Given time optional lanes reduce congestion and provide travel options
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  May 20, 2013
• Give Managed Lane Conversions Time
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  May 16, 2013, 9:34am
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #115
  Access to jobs via auto, Inside the transit "black box," and More
  Robert Poole
  May 10, 2013
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #114
  Conflicting reports on California high-speed rail, rethinking the federal role
  Robert Poole
  April 17, 2013
• New Year, Same Old Transportation Budget from the White House
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  April 12, 2013, 6:00am
• The GAO Didn't Endorse the California High-Speed Rail Project
  GAO says "there is increased risk of such things as cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unmet performance targets"
  Joseph Vranich and Wendell Cox
  April 11, 2013
• California High-Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report
  The California high-speed rail project cannot be delivered at the cost promised to taxpayers, is based upon a business plan incapable of delivering on its legal requirements and is justified by proponents based upon unachievable benefits
  Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore
  April 11, 2013
• New Study Suggests Transportation Priorities for North Carolina
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  April 3, 2013, 2:45pm
• Innovators in Action: Georgia DOT, Tolling Agency Officials on Atlanta's Managed Lanes Network
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  March 19, 2013, 4:20pm
• Brookings Flawed Amtrak Study Should be Ignored
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  March 15, 2013, 10:01am
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #113
  Congestion problems, Amtrak's future, Repeal the Jones Act?
  Robert Poole
  March 14, 2013
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: I-85 HOT Lanes are Working
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  March 5, 2013, 10:12am
• President Obama 's SOTU Transportation Component Similar to "Groundhog Day"
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  February 13, 2013, 2:47pm
• 2012 Urban Mobility Report Indicates as Economy Improves Congestion Returns
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  February 13, 2013, 9:47am
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #111
  Virginia P3 program at risk? MAP-21's contradiction, Tolls finance bridge projects, Federal transportation policy
  Robert Poole
  January 10, 2013
• The Top Transportation Issues to Watch in 2013
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  January 8, 2013, 10:57am
• Top 12 Transportation Stories of 2012
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  January 3, 2013, 10:20am
• Federal Aid Program for Transportation Disasters Needs Major Changes
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  December 20, 2012, 11:12am
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #110
  User fees, Highway leases, HOV and HOT lanes, Activity bonds, Housing and land use
  Robert Poole
  December 12, 2012
• Atlanta-Savannah is not Suitable for HSR
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  November 15, 2012, 4:32pm
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #109
  Florida toll lanes, managed lanes, transportation ballot measures
  Robert Poole
  November 14, 2012
• Atlanta BeltLine's Public Funding Should be Eliminated
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  November 6, 2012, 4:21pm
• E-Z Pass System on InterCounty Connector is a Curious Target for Smart Growth Group
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  October 26, 2012, 10:59am
• Maglev is not Realistic for U.S.
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  October 19, 2012, 1:51pm
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #108
  Coping with Less, Managed Arterials, Autonomous Vehicles, and More
  Robert Poole
  October 16, 2012
• The XpressWest Train to Las Vegas: Most Traffic Congestion Won't Be Avoided
  Virtually all of the traffic delays from Los Angeles to Las Vegas occur in areas the high-speed train won't serve
  Wendell Cox
  October 9, 2012
• Vanpools and Carpools can Complement Transit
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  September 25, 2012, 4:39pm
• HSR Grants Maintenance Problems Provide Further Proof that Administration Views Transportation as Political Handout
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  September 24, 2012, 10:21am
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #107
  How NOT to rebuild interstates, self-driving cars, 3 private rail projects
  Robert Poole
  September 19, 2012
• Where BRT with Queue Jumpers Works: DeKalb County, GA
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  September 8, 2012, 6:00am
• Local Bus Service is not Bus-Rapid-Transit
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  September 7, 2012, 2:48pm
• LaHood Calls Silver Line a Model and Then Rips Agency Building the Line
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  August 31, 2012, 12:09pm
• GAO Praises BRT
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  August 16, 2012, 4:23pm
• The XpressWest High-Speed Rail Line from Victorville to Las Vegas: A Taxpayer Risk Analysis
  Examining the ridership, revenue, ticket price and travel time forecasts of the XpressWest train seeking a taxpayer-funded loan worth up to $6.5 billion
  Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore
  August 16, 2012
• Atlanta not "Devastated" by Sales Tax Rejection
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  August 15, 2012, 9:19pm
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #106
  Expanded TIFIA pros and cons, milking cash-cow toll roads
  Robert Poole
  August 9, 2012
• Sales Tax Funding and Useless Rail Projects are Major T-SPLOST Negatives
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 26, 2012, 4:00pm
• Atlanta T-SPLOST is Complicated
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 26, 2012, 1:17pm
• MAP-21 Provision May Hurt BRT
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 21, 2012, 1:23pm
• Surface Transportation Newsletter #105
  What reauthorization means for tolling and PPPs; Private high-speed rail investment?
  Robert Poole
  July 18, 2012
• Brookings Study Demonstrates Why U.S. Needs to Change its Approach to Transit
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 17, 2012, 9:10am
• Bridge to Nowhere Champion Secures Funding for Railroad to Nowhere
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 11, 2012, 5:00pm
• Why are Environmental Groups so Upset with new Transportation Bill?
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 9, 2012, 8:43am
• DC Should Use PPPs for Express Bus and Forget About Streetcars
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  July 5, 2012, 9:00am
• California's High-Speed Rail System Shouldn't Get More Taxpayer Money
  Adrian Moore
  July 2, 2012, 10:30am
• 5 Reasons the California High-Speed Rail Project Shouldn’t Get More Money
  Gov. Brown asks for billions in borrowing even as train system gets slower, shorter and more expensive
  Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore
  July 2, 2012
• "There's Always Next Year" for a Sound California Budget
  Adam Summers
  June 26, 2012, 1:58pm
• DART Needs to Shift From Building New Rail Lines to Increasing Ridership
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  June 19, 2012, 10:54am
• California Transportation Professor Makes the Case for BRT over Rail
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  June 15, 2012, 1:51pm
• Interview with University of California Los Angeles Professor of Urban Planning and Department Chair Dr. Brian Taylor
  Professor Taylor makes the case for Bus Rapid Transit over rail lines
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  June 15, 2012

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