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Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51
TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization
November 5, 2009Atlas Shrugged, Railroads and Warren Buffet
November 3, 2009, 8:53amIs Warren Buffet's investment in Burlington Northern railway Ayn Rand style entrepreneurial leadershop or the pursuit of paper profits?
More Travel = Higher Income = Lower Energy Use
October 31, 2009, 9:00amA new report from the Cascade Policy Institute finds an strong, causal empirical relationship between higher levels of travel and mobility, economic growth, and reduced energy use through innovation.
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #50
Unionized airport security screeners, registered traveler and air travel delays
October 31, 2009More Bad News for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Part 2
October 29, 2009, 1:31pmPA Turnpike Commission does a flip-flop on reports of an FBI investigation.
More Bad News for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
October 28, 2009, 3:52pmCorruption at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is a well-known and unfortunate reality, and the scandals continue to mount.
Florida High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Win 2009 Award
October 26, 2009, 10:43amNo Toll Czar: States, Not Feds, Should Protect the Public Interest in Public-Private Partnership Deals
October 26, 2009, 6:45amChairman Oberstar’s bill, with its creation of an Office of Public Benefit, would greatly expand the federal government’s role, not only in public-private partnerships (PPPs) but also in tolling, by creating what amounts to a tolling-and-PPP czar at US DOT.
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October 18th, 2009 - Bench Bust
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June 8th, 2009 - Government Motors
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June 8th, 2009 - GM Hums Because It Doesn't Know the Words
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Nick Gillespie
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February 27th, 2009 - Because Demanding $185 Million For a Monorail Would Just Not Be Credible...
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Brian Doherty
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January 20th, 2009 - Greedy Executives Double Salaries, Cut Customer Service, May Ask for a Bailout
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January 2nd, 2009 - Ride Free, Free Like the Wind!
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December 19th, 2008
Featured Research
- Annual Study Ranks States on Highway Performance, Overall Cost-Effectiveness
Urban interstate highways in 35 states reach 40 percent congested and 24 percent of US bridges are deficient or functionally obsolete - 17th Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems (1984-2006)
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