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Renewed Interest in Midway Airport Lease?
November 11, 2009, 3:17pmMidway Airport's strong economic performance of late is rekindling interest in a long-term lease.
Bob Poole (Quoted by Steve Forbes) Has It Right: Airline Deregulation is not to Blame
November 11, 2009, 11:00amSteve Forbes quotes Bob Poole Jr. about aviation
Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods?
November 9, 2009, 10:46amAviation security methods
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51
TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization
November 5, 2009Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #50
Unionized airport security screeners, registered traveler and air travel delays
October 31, 2009Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #49
Where airport grants really go, privatizing New Orleans Airport, and airport security and suicide bombers
September 30, 2009In this issue:
Where AIP Grants Actually Go
Body Cavities and Suicide Bombers
New Orleans Revives Privatization Program
TSA's Belly-Cargo Screening Rule
Airports: Competition vs. Monopoly
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- Policymakers Turn to Privatization Amid Prolonged Government Fiscal Crises
Privatization, public-private partnerships increasingly prominent in fiscal policy debates
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2009 - Airport Privatization Can Fly Despite Midway Collapse
Deal collapse doesn't spell doom for private-sector infrastructure investment
Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
August 3, 2009 - Collapse of Midway Deal "Not a Setback for Privatization"
MuniNet Guide Interview with Reason's Leonard Gilroy
Leonard Gilroy
April 30, 2009 - Congestion Pricing Study Was a Team Effort
We can solve air traffic crisis
Robert Poole
November 24, 2008 - Congestion Pricing Will, Indeed, Fly
Charging airlines market prices for runways will reduce delays without reducing passenger volume
Robert Poole
January 18, 2008 - Airport Band-Aid
Port Authority rejects deal to really reduce air travel delays
Robert Poole
December 20, 2007 - Equity Investors: Outsourced Flight Service Stations Save FAA $2.2 Billion
New technology, consolidation reduces costs 40 percent
Robert Poole
September 1, 2005 - Will Midway Lease Re-Start U.S. Airport Privatization?
Like toll roads, other countries are far ahead of the U.S. in airport privatization
Robert Poole
January 1, 2001
Out of Control Policy Blog - Transportation
- National Journal Forum Spotlights Transportation Policy Reform (11/18)
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- Renewed Interest in Midway Airport Lease? (11/11)
- Bob Poole (Quoted by Steve Forbes) Has It Right: Airline Deregulation is not to Blame (11/11)
- Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods? (11/9)
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