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Galvin Project to End Congestion

"For 17 years, Mr. Poole has been the chief theorist for private solutions to gridlock. His ideas are now embraced by officials from Sacramento to Washington."
- The New York Times

Most of our great cities began as hubs for commerce, where motion was constant. But now, chronic traffic congestion slows the motion that made our cities vital and prosperous. If we are to save our slowing cities, we must act boldly.

The Galvin Project to End Congestion is producing the solutions that will end congestion as a regular part of life.

• Advisory Board
• Project Description
• Vision Statement
• Bob Galvin
• Animations of Innovations

Studies | Blog Posts | Op-Eds

• 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
• Rebuilding the Marquette Interchange Via a Public-private Partnership
  Robert Poole, Kevin Soucie, Daryl Fleming and Tom McDaniel
  February 1, 2003
• HOT Networks
  A New Plan for Congestion Relief and Better Transit
  Robert Poole and C. Kenneth Orski
  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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