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Ted Balaker is a writer and producer at Reason.tv where he creates documentary shorts, Drew Carey Project pieces, and comedic videos.
In 2008, Reason.tv received the Templeton Freedom Award for innovative media, and Business Week recognized Balaker’s “Where’s My Bailout” video as among the best of bailout humor. Balaker’s work has been cited or featured by Salon.com, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and on the 20/20 John Stossel special “Bailouts and Bull,” a joint project between ABC News and Reason.tv.
Balaker is also a policy analyst at Reason Foundation where he has authored studies on urban policy and workplace issues, such as offshore outsourcing and telecommuting. His work has appeared in dozens of publications, including Investor’s Business Daily, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Washington Post. He has appeared on many radio and television programs, including ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and CNBC’s On the Money.
Balaker is co-author (with Sam Staley) of the book The Road More Traveled (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), which urban historian Joel Kotkin suggests “should be required reading, not only for planners and their students, but for anyone who loves cities and wants them to thrive.”
Prior to joining Reason, Balaker spent five years as a producer at ABC Network News.
Balaker graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Irvine with degrees in political science and English.
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- Cheap Fix
Ted Balaker
April 15, 2007, 4:16pm - How to Fix Traffic
Some specialists suggest quick and inexpensive ways to reduce traffic in Los Angeles
Ted Balaker
April 15, 2007 - How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall
The bad logic and failed policies of transportation planners
Samuel Staley and Ted Balaker
April 1, 2007 - Traffic Snarl--Day 5
Ted Balaker
March 22, 2007, 4:23pm - Traffic Snarl--Day 4 (Day 5 coming soon)
Ted Balaker
March 22, 2007, 8:14am - Traffic Snarl--Day 3
Ted Balaker
March 20, 2007, 5:02pm - Traffic Snarl--Day 2
Ted Balaker
March 19, 2007, 3:13pm - Traffic Snarl
Ted Balaker
March 18, 2007, 4:35pm - Everyone knows there's no good reason to use trans fats!
Ted Balaker
February 28, 2007, 1:52pm - Candidates just not getting your juices flowing?
Ted Balaker
February 28, 2007, 10:24am - Driving with Big Brother--Part IV
Ted Balaker
February 27, 2007, 3:44pm - Griping about gridlock
Ted Balaker
February 27, 2007, 11:18am - Ban WagonóRoyal Family Edition
Ted Balaker
February 27, 2007, 10:58am - Poison! Ö Poison?
Ted Balaker
February 26, 2007, 1:37pm - Carpool Crock
Ted Balaker
February 26, 2007, 1:17pm - ìA useful debunkingî
Ted Balaker
February 25, 2007, 6:09pm - If things are so great, why do I feel so lousy? Part V
Ted Balaker
February 19, 2007, 10:07am - Worker woes
Ted Balaker
February 19, 2007, 9:50am - Ban WagonóTrans Fat Edition
Ted Balaker
February 15, 2007, 4:00pm - But there are plenty of other things to worry about
Ted Balaker
February 11, 2007, 6:58pm - Ban Wagonódistracted driving edition
Ted Balaker
February 8, 2007, 9:50am - Todayís ìtelecommuting is on the riseî tidbit brought to you by Ö
Ted Balaker
February 8, 2007, 9:38am - Ban WagonóDistracted walking edition
Ted Balaker
February 6, 2007, 2:01pm - Charlize Theron: US as unfree as Cuba
Ted Balaker
February 6, 2007, 9:37am - Immigration ìfactsî
Ted Balaker
February 5, 2007, 5:38pm - How to attract riders to transit
Ted Balaker
February 5, 2007, 5:24pm - Casual Friday too restrictive?
Ted Balaker
February 5, 2007, 3:14pm - Myths about car-happy suburbia
Ted Balaker
February 5, 2007, 9:03am - 5 Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture
Congestion crisis is here, but filled with misinformation
Ted Balaker and Samuel Staley
January 28, 2007 - Video clip of Post-Raid Medical Marijuana Patient
Ted Balaker
January 25, 2007, 4:16pm - Less pay, longer hours--the new dream job?
Ted Balaker
January 25, 2007, 10:39am - Bust terror cells or dispensaries?
Ted Balaker
January 25, 2007, 9:31am - Protecting workers all the way to the unemployment line
Ted Balaker
January 24, 2007, 7:28pm - From West LA to Uzbekistan
Ted Balaker
January 23, 2007, 6:00pm - Gimmie back my bus!
Ted Balaker
January 23, 2007, 1:59pm - Do you Pigou?
Ted Balaker
January 22, 2007, 5:14pm - What about the children?!
Ted Balaker
January 22, 2007, 5:09pm - Ditch the Carpool Lane
Ted Balaker
January 22, 2007, 9:31am - Traffic Jams Keep Consumers Away From LA Businesses
Staying close to home is ok, but not if congestion forces you to
Ted Balaker
January 22, 2007 - Untangling gridlock
Ted Balaker
January 21, 2007, 9:41am - How to Untangle Gridlock
Tunnels, double-decked roads, tollways and private financing are part of the cure for a disease everyone knows will get worse
Ted Balaker and Samuel Staley
January 19, 2007 - More than a Moratorium
Ted Balaker
January 16, 2007, 8:17pm - They would neverówait, they already have
Ted Balaker
January 16, 2007, 3:02pm - Campus Coeds
Ted Balaker
January 16, 2007, 1:50pm - Congested Culture
Ted Balaker
January 10, 2007, 11:40am - Lou Dobbs Ainít Right
Ted Balaker
January 10, 2007, 11:09am - Decongesting DC
Ted Balaker
January 8, 2007, 4:12pm - Looking at the ìwholeî hybrid
Ted Balaker
January 8, 2007, 10:19am - Celebrity vs. Science
Ted Balaker
January 2, 2007, 2:33pm - How the New Congress Hurts
Ted Balaker
January 1, 2007, 10:51am
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