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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

• Developments In Surface Transportation
  Annual Privatization Report examines highway and road trends at the state and federal levels
  Robert Poole
  April 8, 2013
• Examining 20 Years of U.S. Highway and Bridge Performance Trends
  Twenty years of data shows highways and bridges making progress, not crumbling
  David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields and Elizabeth San José
  February 21, 2013
• Enterprising Roads: Improving the Governance of America's Highways
  Roads should be managed by independent enterprises, with a clear mission of providing service to customers.
  David Levinson
  January 22, 2013
• Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure In a Fiscally Constrained Environment
  Rethinking how America pays for and manages its critically important transportation infrastructure
  Robert Poole
  January 9, 2013
• Dispelling the Myths: Toll and Fuel Tax Collection Costs in the 21st Century
  The time to embrace electronic tolls as a primary source of highway funding is now
  Daryl Fleming and Robert Poole
  November 27, 2012
• Ten Myths and Facts on Transportation Public-­Private Partnerships
  Addressing fears, misperceptions surrounding transportation PPPs in Ohio
  Leonard Gilroy and Robert Poole
  July 26, 2012
• Reducing Traffic Congestion and Increasing Mobility in Chicago
  The transportation projects that will reduce congestion in Chicago and how to pay for them
  Samuel Staley and Adrian Moore
  July 19, 2012
• The Senate's Transportation Bill Attacks Public-Private Partnerships
  How and why the surface transportation reauthorization bill would deprive states of a much-needed tool for expanding investment in highways and transit
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  May 11, 2012
• The Year 2011 in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
  Surface Transportation Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
  Robert Poole
  May 1, 2012
• Evaluating and Improving the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants
  Narrowing the focus to nationally important transportation projects with proven economic benefits
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  April 5, 2012
• Why the House Should Give States Greater Tolling Flexibility
  Tolls and road pricing are needed to rebuild, modernize and expand the Interstate system
  Robert Poole
  April 5, 2012
• Increasing Mobility in Southeast Florida
  A new approach based on road pricing and bus rapid transit
  Robert Poole, Thomas A. Rubin and Chris Swenson
  March 27, 2012
• Frequently Asked Questions About Increasing Mobility in Southeast Florida
  Why managed lanes, managed arterials and bus rapid transit can dramatically help the region
  Robert Poole
  March 27, 2012
• Florida Toll Agencies Should Not Be Consolidated
  OOCEA and THEA need to become fully independent, self-supporting local toll authorities, like MDX
  Daryl Fleming and Robert Poole
  January 30, 2012
• Reason-Rupe Transportation Poll
  December 20, 2011
• Risks and Rewards of Public-Private Partnerships for Highways
  The reasons public-private partnerships are being used to fund infrastructure
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  December 8, 2011
• Rebuilding and Modernizing Wisconsin Interstates With Toll Financing
  Using tolls to ensure the timely reconstruction of the Interstates and Wisconsin's freeway system
  Robert Poole
  October 3, 2011
• Taxpayer-Friendly Solutions to America's Transportation Challenges
  Seven cost-effective transportation strategies
  Samuel Staley, Shirley Ybarra, Erich W. Zimmerman and Nick Donohue
  May 16, 2011
• TIFIA Is a Powerful Tool In Financing Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects
  Program helps user-funded public-private partnerships get built
  Robert Poole
  April 26, 2011
• Automating HOT Lanes Enforcement
  As high-occupancy toll lanes become larger and more complex, effective enforcement becomes even more difficult
  Robert Poole
  February 16, 2011
• The Year 2010 in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
  Surface Transportation Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
  Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
  February 11, 2011
• Transportation Mega-Projects and Risk
  What we can learn from Boston's Big Dig to improve future major infrastructure projects
  Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
  February 9, 2011
• Restoring Trust In the Highway Trust Fund
  Refocusing the federal transportation program and restoring the users-pay principle to highway infrastructure
  Robert Poole and Adrian Moore
  August 3, 2010
• 18th Annual Highway Report
  The Performance of State Highway Systems (1984-2007)
  David T. Hartgen, Ravi K. Karanam and M. Gregory Fields
  December 17, 2009
• The Role for Public-Private Partnerships in Modernizing and Expanding Nebraska's Transportation System
  Platte Institute for Economic Research/Reason Foundation Policy Study
  Shirley Ybarra and Leonard Gilroy
  December 8, 2009
• 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
  Adrian Moore, Matthew Brouillette 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
• Standardizing Electronic Toll Collection
  James V. Halloran III
  September 1, 1992
• Introducing Congestion Pricing on a New Toll Road
  Robert Poole
  September 1, 1992
• Using Revenues From Congestion Pricing
  A Southern California Case Study
  Kenneth A. Small
  September 1, 1992
• Fostering Commercial Transit
  Alternatives in Greater Los Angeles
  Robert Cervero
  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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