Toll Roads, Pricing and Public-Private Partnerships 
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Netherlands to Replace Car Taxes with Distance Charges
November 18, 2009, 4:28pmThe Netherlands is moving forward with a proposal to put transportation funding on a new, cutting edge distance-based charge, demonstrating its willingness to take on bold approaches to important transportation challenges.
Dutch Move Forward on VMT Fee
November 17, 2009, 8:00amThe Dutch government is moving foward with a proposal to replace vehicle taxes with a distance-based fee equivalent to abotu 7 cents per mile, rising to 16 cents by 2016.
Surface Transportation Innovations #73
Progress converting carpool lanes into toll lanes, vehicle miles traveled and the economy, and phasing out gas taxes
November 13, 2009In this issue:
• HOT Lane Conversions Making Steady Progress
• VMT and the Economy
• PPP Infrastructure Deals Still Being Financed
• Next Steps on Phasing Out Fuel Taxes
• Upcoming Conferences
• News Notes
• Quotable Quotes
Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 13, 2009
November 13, 2009, 8:12amNews you may have missed on privatization and public-private partnerships.
Mary Peters on McDonnell's Transportation Agenda
November 9, 2009, 3:27pmIn a new National Review column, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters reflects on the role that transportation policy played in Virginia Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell's election victory last week.
More 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.
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- Gridlock and Growth: The Effect of Traffic Congestion on Regional Economic Performance
How reducing traffic congestion can add billions of dollars in economic growth to local economies
Policy Study 371
David T. Hartgen and M. Gregory Fields
August 27, 2009 - Reducing Congestion in Lee County, Florida
Cutting traffic in one of America's fastest growing urban areas
Robert Poole and Chris Swenson
February 26, 2009 - Leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Policy Brief
Matthew Brouillette and Leonard Gilroy
May 1, 2008 - Pennsylvania Turnpike Alternatives: A Review and Critique of the Democratic Caucus Study
Policy Brief 70
Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
April 1, 2008 - Missouri's Changing Transportation Paradigm
David Stokes, Leonard Gilroy and Samuel Staley
February 27, 2008 - Miami Toll Truckway: Preliminary Feasibility Study
Policy Study 365
Robert Poole
November 1, 2007 - Leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike: A Response to Critics of Gov. Rendell's Plan
Peter Samuel and Geoffrey Segal
June 1, 2007 - Tolling and Public-Private Partnerships in Texas: Separating Myth from Fact
Robert Poole
May 1, 2007 - The Role of Tolls in Financing 21st Century Highways
Policy Study 359
Peter Samuel and Robert Poole
May 1, 2007 - Building New Roads Through Public-Private Partnerships: Frequently Asked Questions
Policy Brief 58
Leonard Gilroy, Robert Poole, Peter Samuel and Geoffrey Segal
March 1, 2007 - HOT Lanes: Frequently Asked Questions
Policy Brief 59
Leonard Gilroy and Amy Pelletier
March 1, 2007 - Leasing State Toll Roads: Frequently Asked Questions
Policy Brief 60
Peter Samuel
March 1, 2007 - The Emerging Paradigm: Financing and Managing Pennsylvania's Transportation Infrastructure and Mass Transit
Matthew Brouillette, Adrian Moore and Geoffrey Segal
March 1, 2007 - Reducing Congestion in Atlanta
A Bold New Approach to Increasing Mobility
Robert Poole
November 1, 2006 - Enabling Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation in California
George Passantino
September 1, 2006 - Detailing Foreign Management of US Infrastructure
Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
March 1, 2006 - Adding FAST Lanes to Milwaukee's Freeways
Congestion Relief, Improved Transit, and Help with Funding Reconstruction
Robert Poole and Kevin Soucie
February 1, 2006 - Rebuilding After Katrina
Policy Strategies for Recovery
Adrian Moore, Lisa Snell and Geoffrey Segal
October 1, 2005 - Virtual Exclusive Busways
Improving Urban Transit While Relieving Congestion
Robert Poole and Ted Balaker
September 1, 2005 - Should States Sell Their Toll Roads?
Peter Samuel
June 1, 2005 - The Orange County Toll Roads
Largely Successful
Robert Poole
March 1, 2005 - Orange County's 91 Express Lanes
A Transportation and Financial Success, Despite Political Problems
Robert Poole
March 1, 2005 - Easing California's Transportation Crisis with Tolls and Public-Private Partnerships
Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
January 1, 2005 - Corridors for Toll Truckways
Suggested Locations for Pilot Projects
Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
February 1, 2004 - Contracting for Road and Highway Maintenance
Geoffrey Segal, Adrian Moore and Samuel McCarthy
March 1, 2003 - HOT Networks
A New Plan for Congestion Relief and Better Transit
Robert Poole and C. Kenneth Orski
February 1, 2003 - Rebuilding the Marquette Interchange Via a Public-private Partnership
Robert Poole, Kevin Soucie, Daryl Fleming and Tom McDaniel
February 1, 2003 - Putting Customers in the Driver's Seat
The Case for Tolls
Peter Samuel and Robert Poole
September 1, 2000 - Infrastructure Outsourcing
Leveraging Concrete, Steel, and Asphalt with Public-Private Partnerships
Adrian Moore, Geoffrey Segal and John McCormally
September 1, 2000 - Building a Case For HOT Lanes
A New Approach to Reducing Urban Highway Congestion
Robert Poole and C. Kenneth Orski
April 1, 1999 - Privatizing Wisconsin's Interstate Highways
Robert Poole
April 1, 1996 - A Guide for Divesting Government Owned Enterprises
Henry Gibbons
August 1, 1995 - High Occupancy Toll Lanes
Phasing in Congestion Pricing a Lane at a Time
Gordon J. Fielding and Daniel B. Klein
November 1, 1993 - Congestion Relief Toll Tunnels
Robert Poole and Yuzo Sugimoto
July 1, 1993 - How to Enable Private Toll Road Development
Robert Poole
May 1, 1993 - Port Privatization
An International Perspective
David Haarmeyer and Peter Yorke
April 1, 1993 - Privatizing Los Angeles International Airport
Analyzing the Alternatives
Robert Poole
April 1, 1993 - Using Revenues From Congestion Pricing
A Southern California Case Study
Kenneth A. Small
September 1, 1992 - Introducing Congestion Pricing on a New Toll Road
Robert Poole
September 1, 1992 - Fostering Commercial Transit
Alternatives in Greater Los Angeles
Robert Cervero
September 1, 1992 - Standardizing Electronic Toll Collection
James V. Halloran III
September 1, 1992 - The Market for Private Toll Projects in the United States
Robert Poole and John R. Guardiano
May 1, 1992 - Mining the Government Balance Sheet
What Cities and States Have to Sell
Robert Poole, David Haarmeyer and Lynn Scarlett
April 1, 1992 - Private Tollways
How States Can Leverage Federal Highway Funds
Robert Poole
February 1, 1992 - Private Tollways
Resolving Gridlock in Southern California
Robert Poole
May 1, 1988
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