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- I-5 Bridge Collapses; Washington State Ranked 34th In Making Progress on Deficient and Functionally Obsolete Bridges
David T. Hartgen
May 23, 2013, 11:45pm - 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 - President Obama's Recycled Transportation Proposals
Here's how the president could ensure funding for infrastructure
Robert Poole
May 14, 2013 - Surface Transportation Newsletter #115
Access to jobs via auto, Inside the transit "black box," and More
Robert Poole
May 10, 2013 - Innovators in Action 2013
How governments and agencies are using market-based policies to improve services, become more efficient and reduce costs
Leonard Gilroy
May 7, 2013 - FedEx Founder Makes the Case for Air Traffic and Highway Improvements
Cathy Reisenwitz
April 26, 2013, 1:27pm - State of the Highway Trust Fund: Long-Term Solutions for Solvency
Testimony to the Committee on the Budget in the U.S. House of Representatives
Robert Poole
April 25, 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 - Alexander's Concerns Over Tolling are Bogus
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 11, 2013, 1:52pm - New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
Leonard Gilroy
April 8, 2013, 9:00am - Developments In Surface Transportation
Annual Privatization Report examines highway and road trends at the state and federal levels
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Federal Reauthorization—MAP-21
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - State PPP Enabling Legislation
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Transportation Infrastructure Finance 2012
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Private Activity Bonds
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Major PPP Highway Projects
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Leasing Existing Toll Roads
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Managed Lanes and Networks
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - New Study Suggests Transportation Priorities for North Carolina
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 3, 2013, 2:45pm - Pull the Plug on Electric Vehicle Claims
Installing electric vehicle car-charging stations in Atlanta may sound like a good way to invest in the future, but using tax money to support the preferences of a small number of Georgia’s higher-income drivers is bad public policy.
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 2, 2013 - Annual Privatization Report 2013
Privatization trends in local, state and federal government, plus roads, highways, aviation, education, telecom and more
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
April 1, 2013 - President Obama Shouldn’t View Infrastructure Spending as a Jobs Program
Cathy Reisenwitz
March 31, 2013, 7:56pm - Solving the Parking Problem in DuPont Circle
Ike Brannon
March 29, 2013, 8:47am - Pull the Plug on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Baruch Feigenbaum
March 19, 2013, 9:59pm - Innovators in Action: Georgia DOT, Tolling Agency Officials on Atlanta's Managed Lanes Network
Baruch Feigenbaum
March 19, 2013, 4:20pm - Creating a Managed Lanes Network in Atlanta
Interview with GDOT Deputy Commissioner Todd Long, incoming SRTA Executive Director Chris Tomlinson and SRTA Director of Operations Steve Corbin
Baruch Feigenbaum
March 19, 2013 - 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 - The Reasons President Obama's "Fix-It-FIrst" Program Isn't Smart Transportation Policy
A national policy of fix-it-first would fail to prioritize and misallocate resources very significantly
Robert Poole
March 5, 2013 - Surface Transportation Newsletter #112
Highways and bridges are not crumbling, fixing structurally deficient bridges
Robert Poole
February 21, 2013 - Examining 20 Years of U.S. Highway and Bridge Performance Trends
Twenty years of data shows highways and bridges making progress, not crumbling
David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields and Elizabeth San José
February 21, 2013 - 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 - Merging the Kansas Turnpike Authority Into the State DOT Is a Bad Idea
Gov. Brownback's proposal is far from fiscally conservative
Robert Poole
February 7, 2013 - Enterprising Roads: Improving the Governance of America's Highways
Roads should be managed by independent enterprises, with a clear mission of providing service to customers.
David Levinson
January 22, 2013 - 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 - How to Reform and Get More Value From Federal Transportation Programs
Robert Poole
January 9, 2013, 1:00pm - Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure In a Fiscally Constrained Environment
Rethinking how America pays for and manages its critically important transportation infrastructure
Robert Poole
January 9, 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 - Gov. Kasich's Ohio Turnpike Mistake and the Future of Highway Funding
Ohio caved to political pressure, but the rest of the world is adapting to the new infrastructure funding paradigm
Robert Poole
January 2, 2013 - Using Innovative Policy Tools to Rebuild Colorado's Infrastructure
Interview with Michael Cheroutes, Director, and Nick Farber, Enterprise Specialist, of the Colorado Department of Transportation's High Performance Transportation Enterprise
Harris Kenny
January 2, 2013 - [Interview] Conversation with Colorado's High Performance Transportation Enterprise
Harris Kenny
January 2, 2013, 9:00am - Innovators in Action 2012, Year in Review
Harris Kenny
December 31, 2012, 12:00pm - Federal Aid Program for Transportation Disasters Needs Major Changes
Baruch Feigenbaum
December 20, 2012, 11:12am - Virginia Shouldn't Restrict Its Public-Private Transportation Act
Remarks at the Thomas Jefferson Institute Transportation Roundtable
Shirley Ybarra
December 19, 2012 - Surface Transportation Newsletter #110
User fees, Highway leases, HOV and HOT lanes, Activity bonds, Housing and land use
Robert Poole
December 12, 2012 - 21st Century Toll Collection Is Competitive With Fuel Taxes
Proceeding with alternatives to the gas tax
Robert Poole
December 11, 2012
Featured Research
- Restoring Trust In the Highway Trust Fund
Refocusing the federal transportation program and restoring the users-pay principle to highway infrastructure - 19th Annual Highway Report
The Performance of State Highway Systems (1984-2008)
Highways, Toll Roads and Public-Private Partnerships Blog
- I-5 Bridge Collapses; Washington State Ranked 34th In Making Progress on Deficient and Functionally Obsolete Bridges (5/23)
- Slow Start to L.A.'s Toll Lanes Certain to Gain Speed (5/20)
- Give Managed Lane Conversions Time (5/16)
- President Obama's Recycled Transportation Proposals (5/14)
- Surface Transportation Newsletter #115 (5/10)
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