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Federal Takeover of Subways: Another Blow to Federalism

November 16, 2009, 11:46am

Samuel Staley

The Obama Administration's proposal to usurp authority from the states to regulate subways and rail transit is simply another step toward the steady erosion of the principle of Federalism

Light Rail = Gridlock in Downtown Dallas

October 15, 2009, 8:17am

Samuel Staley

Light rail is supposed to ease traffic congestion. The real world of Dallas, however, is showing that light rail creates gridlock.

High Speed Rail News Links

October 13, 2009, 9:49am

Samuel Staley

News links to high-speed rail articles from the American Dream Coalition

Taxi Regulation Leads to Corruption

October 10, 2009, 9:33am

Samuel Staley

Reducing the supply of taxis through regulation creates powerful incentives for corruption and use the regulatory process to protect special interests at the expense of consumers and small business operators.

D.C. Taxi Corruption Scandal Continues to Unfold

October 6, 2009, 6:41pm

Samuel Staley

Recent arrests in the DC taxi corruption scandal are an inevitable consequence of the city's attempt to restrict the supply of taxi cabs.

The Hypothetical Hypotheticals of U.S. High Speed Rail

October 6, 2009, 2:12am

Samuel Staley

A recent blog post on the Daily Kos critiqued Randal O'Toole's analysis of high-speed rail initiatives, but the critique suffers from many of the same errors he claims Randal makes. Anyway the issue is sliced, high-speed rail doesn't rise to the level of a signature U.S. DOT program.

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