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- Benazir Bhutto's Political Future
The murdered former leader may help Pakistani democracy more in death than in life.
Shikha Dalmia
December 31, 2007 - How LA Can Get People Out of Their Cars
Create some healthy competition
Ted Balaker
December 27, 2007 - Ahnuld's Folly
NYers lucky to escape fake warming fix
Shikha Dalmia
December 26, 2007 - Utah Should Embrace The Yellow Pages Test
Utah's state and local governments are unfairly competing with private businesses
Leonard Gilroy and M. Royce Van Tassell
December 21, 2007 - Airport Band-Aid
Port Authority rejects deal to really reduce air travel delays
Robert Poole
December 20, 2007 - Don't Revamp Michigan Driver's Licenses
Onerous federal law is headed for repeal; state proposal bans illegal immigrants
Shikha Dalmia
December 19, 2007 - Private Solution to California's Infrastructure Problems
Schwarzenegger says state needs $500 billion
Adam Summers
December 12, 2007 - Put a Lid On State Budget, Already
California's budget woes underscore need for a spending limit
George Passantino
December 12, 2007 - Let the Greenway Bloom
Investors are watching to see how fairly Virginia regulators treat private risk capital
Leonard Gilroy
December 10, 2007 - The Chilling Effect of the Schwarzenegger-Bush Freeze
Mortgage assistance plans don't fix the problem
George Passantino
December 6, 2007 - It Isn't the Bullying, Stupid, It's the Parenting
Don't blame school shootings on kids being bullied
Joanne Jacobs
December 4, 2007 - PPPs: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Despite some signs of backlash, toll road PPPs had many great steps forward in 2007
Robert Poole
December 1, 2007 - Time to Stop California's Plan for High-Speed Rail
Where will $30 billion come from?
Adam Summers
November 26, 2007 - A Congested Economy
How tolls and congestion pricing can reduce air travel and road delays
Samuel Staley
November 25, 2007 - Indira and the Islamists
One vacation from democracy can be a huge setback for secularism
Shikha Dalmia
November 13, 2007 - New Life for Pennsylvania Turnpike Lease Plan
Act 44 alone won't raise enough money for transportation
Leonard Gilroy and Matthew Brouillette
November 12, 2007 - Snow: President Bush is 'Aggressively Curious'
Former press secretary says Bush invites debate, stands on principle
Shikha Dalmia
November 8, 2007 - Toll Roads Merit Closer Look
State can diversify away from taxes and politically-managed transportation networks
Robert Poole
November 7, 2007 - Life in the Slow Lane
Obsolete toll booths cause delays, accidents and pollution
Robert Poole
November 5, 2007 - PPPs Gaining Broad Support in Transportation Community
Growing acknowledgement that private capital and increased use of tolling are needed to help close the funding gap
Robert Poole
November 1, 2007 - California's High-Speed Train Project Should Be Derailed
Overstating ridership figures and understating costs doesn't make it a good idea
Adam Summers
October 30, 2007 - Lessons From Abroad
School choice only helps education
Shikha Dalmia
October 29, 2007 - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Congressman Wolf's anti-Greenway rhetoric threatens to drive away private investment in Virginia highways
Leonard Gilroy
October 29, 2007 - "Clean Water Restoration Act" Would Expand Federal Powers
Over 100 Conservationists, Seniors Advocates, Farm Bureaus, Civil Rights Leaders, Cattlemen, and Taxpayer Action Groups Detail Potential for Abuse
Adrian Moore
October 7, 2007 - California Licenses Most Jobs in Nation
Regulations protect existing business interests from competition
Adam Summers
September 24, 2007 - Sending Poor Kids to Middle-Class Schools Doesn't Fix the System
It doesn't produce better test scores either
Joanne Jacobs
September 21, 2007 - Going Protectionist Over a Fantasy Highway
Xenophobes see a threat to U.S. sovereignty in a Texas freeway project that would ease trade with Mexico
Shikha Dalmia and Leonard Gilroy
September 20, 2007 - Loosening the Beltway
Tolls, private-sector innovations will ease I-495 gridlock and benefit taxpayers
Leonard Gilroy
September 17, 2007 - Stop Government Takeover of Health Care
GOP's focus on illegal immigrants sidetracks fight on kids care program
Shikha Dalmia
September 5, 2007 - Comments on Proposed Permit Regulations for the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
Proposed permit regime puts at risk the very species the Act is supposed to protect
Brian Seasholes
September 3, 2007 - Pols Love Public Transit-Just Not for Themselves
Villaraigosa, Bloomberg tout transit, but like most people, opt for driving
Ted Balaker
September 2, 2007 - Where Now on U.S. Toll Road Concessions?
Setbacks obscure several positive developments for tolling and long-term concessions
Robert Poole
September 1, 2007 - Technology, Not Transit, Is Key to Improving Mobility
Reducing impacts on the environment through innovation, not transit mandates
Samuel Staley
August 29, 2007 - Urban Schools Scores Rise When Parents, Principals Lead
"Weighted Student Formula" helping urban school districts close the achievement gap
Lisa Snell
August 26, 2007 - Employers and Workers Are Victims of New Immigration Policy
Bush's crackdown: all politics, no principle
Shikha Dalmia
August 20, 2007 - Fixing California's Pension Mess
Pruning benefits and switching to a 401-k-style system could save the system
Adam Summers
August 20, 2007 - Preschool Reality Check in New Jersey
Long-term benefits of preschool are being overstated
Lisa Snell
August 9, 2007 - Officials Should Embrace Private Infrastructure Investment
Bridge tragedy underscores need to tap private sector capital, expertise
Leonard Gilroy and Geoffrey Segal
August 9, 2007 - Minnesota Bridge Collapse Puts Focus on Infrastructure Crisis
Public-private partnerships can help rebuild America's roads, bridges
Robert Poole
August 8, 2007 - Decaying Roads and Bridges
Orange County toll roads, public-private partnerships show how to repair and build infrastructure
Robert Poole
August 8, 2007 - Fixing California's Pension Problem
State must rein in unaffordable increases in employee benefits
Adam Summers
August 8, 2007 - Highways to Help
New York metro area transportation investments should reflect changing travel, commuting patterns
Samuel Staley
August 5, 2007 - California's Lost Students
"English Learners" caught in perverse system
Joanne Jacobs
August 1, 2007 - HOT Lanes Good Idea for Houston
HOT lanes beat HOV for sustainable congestion relief
Leonard Gilroy
August 1, 2007 - Health Care Costs Imperil Big Three
The UAW's health care dreams
Shikha Dalmia
July 27, 2007 - California's Looming Water Crisis
State needs peripheral canal sending Sacramento water to Southern California
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
July 26, 2007 - Borrowing Won't Fix Pennsylvania's Road Problems
State left billions on the table by ignoring possible turnpike lease deals
Geoffrey Segal
July 25, 2007 - The Indiana Toll Road: One Year Later
Examining predictions about the toll roads lease deal
Geoffrey Segal
July 25, 2007 - A Swedish Take on Congestion Pricing
New York should look to Stockholm, not London for congestion pricing model
Robert Poole
July 22, 2007 - For Prosperity, Immigrants Need the Family
Letter to the Editor
Shikha Dalmia
July 21, 2007 - Virginia's Road Crunch
State can beat congestion by prioritizing resources
Samuel Staley and Adam Summers
July 15, 2007 - For Traffic Solutions Think Over the Box
Queue jumpers and tunnels can help ease New York's gridlock
Ted Balaker and Samuel Staley
July 15, 2007 - Michigan's Proposed Telephone Tax Will Burden Consumers
Phone taxes raise price of a service essential for economic growth and empowerment
Steven Titch
July 13, 2007 - Lessons of a Serial Killing
We need to start searching for workable reforms to end the apartheid-like justice system
Shikha Dalmia
July 6, 2007 - This Fourth of July, Salute Rush Limbaugh
Why you should thank the people who killed the immigration bill
Shikha Dalmia
July 4, 2007 - RTC Should Protect Metroplex Drivers in Highway 121 Negotiations
NTTA should be held to the same standards as Cintra/JPMorgan
Leonard Gilroy
July 3, 2007 - Congestion Pricing for Los Angeles
An Open Letter to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Robert Poole
July 1, 2007 - It's Time to Replace HOV Lanes
Employer-certified HOT-3 lanes offer a solution to the problems plaguing many HOV lanes
Robert Poole
July 1, 2007 - Stadium Doesn't Guarantee Economic Gains
Oceanside taxpayers should ask serious questions about proposed Chargers stadium
Leonard Gilroy and Samuel Staley
July 1, 2007 - Feds Can Turn Your Land Into a Defacto Federal Wildlife Refuge
Endangered Species Act pits landowners against animals we hope to save
Brian Seasholes
June 26, 2007 - Foreign Bidders on Highway 121 Project Would "Buy American"
Texans should welcome new jobs and other benefits of "reverse outsourcing"
Leonard Gilroy
June 26, 2007 - TTC Should Be Skeptical of NTTA's Highway 121 Proposal
Mobility in the Metroplex should trump deference to short-sighted local officials
Leonard Gilroy
June 26, 2007 - Katy Freeway Project Shows Tolling and Transit Together Can Benefit Houston Commuters
Commissioners Court should look to Katy project as model for Westpark
Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2007 - Harris County Toll Increases are Good for Mobility
Variable pricing is a proven congestion-reduction tool
Leonard Gilroy
June 20, 2007 - Unconstitutional Power Grab
Reps. Oberstar and DeFazio ignore Tenth Amendment in push to stop states from using transportation PPPs
Geoffrey Segal
June 19, 2007 - RTC Should Put Mobility Ahead of Politics for Highway 121 Decision
NTTA's proposal riskier than private sector plan
Leonard Gilroy
June 15, 2007 - Risky NTTA Highway 121 Proposal a Bad Deal for Metroplex
Region's mobility jeopardized to serve agency's political aims
Leonard Gilroy
June 15, 2007 - Environmental Timetables Built for Style, Not Substance
Cutting emissions, reducing use of foreign oil, using more renewable energy requires a lot more than just goals
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
June 12, 2007 - The Case for the Toll Road
Foothill South toll road a vital missing link in Southern California
Robert Poole
June 9, 2007 - 21st-Century Tolling: Unexpected Result of PPP Controversies
Private sector innovations stand to transform highway finance
Robert Poole
June 1, 2007 - Money Talks
Give families school choice, and they will get choice schools
Lisa Snell
June 1, 2007 - Dam the Salmon
Environmentalists can't bring themselves to embrace any sacrifice
Shikha Dalmia
May 30, 2007 - Stand Down, Trans Fat Fighters
Some trans fat may reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers
Ted Balaker
May 29, 2007 - Spiderman and Schwarzenegger
Will impulse to spend or reform win out in California?
George Passantino
May 29, 2007 - Congressional Leaders Flunk Transportation Policy 101
Threatening states, working to "undo" public-private partnerships is counterproductive
Samuel Staley
May 22, 2007 - Federal Interference in State Highway Public-Private Partnerships Is Unwarranted
A Response to Oberstar and DeFazio
Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
May 22, 2007 - Election Day Lessons for LAUSD
Let Students Vote with Their Dollars
Lisa Snell
May 15, 2007 - Texas's Proposed Toll Road Ban and Gas Tax Holiday Won't Help Commutes
Legislature's "do as I say, not as I do" approach to transportation planning is troubling
Robert Poole
May 14, 2007 - NTTA's Proposal for SH-121, Is It Better Than Cintra's?
Many questions need answers before taxpayers believe agency's numbers
Leonard Gilroy
May 11, 2007 - A Tale of Two Texas Toll Roads
What's really at stake in the battle over SH-121
Robert Poole
May 11, 2007 - The Rush to Ban Incandescent Light Bulbs and Plastic Bags
Life-cycle analysis shows energy costs and pollution from the "solutions" will create new problems
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
May 9, 2007 - Reagan Embraced Amnesty, So Should Bush
Unskilled workers don't have a path to permanent residency
Shikha Dalmia
May 7, 2007 - Will PPPs Fragment Our National Highway Network?
Congressional threats to thwart long-term PPP toll concessions are unjustified, counterproductive
Robert Poole
May 1, 2007 - Can Carbon Taxes Work in India?
More than half of India's economy is fueled by "dirty" fuels like coal and wood
Shikha Dalmia
April 30, 2007 - Preparing for "Earthquake Katrina" and a Levee Disaster in California
Taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook to subsidize, rebuild homes and farms built in flood danger zones
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
April 30, 2007 - Queueless on Immigration
Why should day laborers have to "touch back"?
Shikha Dalmia
April 26, 2007 - Net Neutrality Really Means Internet Mediocrity
Congressional plans would slow technological innovation
Steven Titch
April 19, 2007 - Industrial Hemp Can Boost Economy, Cut Pollution
Schwarzenegger's drug war concerns are way off base
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
April 19, 2007 - How to Fix Traffic
Some specialists suggest quick and inexpensive ways to reduce traffic in Los Angeles
Ted Balaker
April 15, 2007 - California: Nanny State 911
Race to ban trans fat, smoking, light bulbs, and plastic bags
Adam Summers
April 9, 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 - Toll Agencies vs Concessionnaires: An Unfortunate Battle
Critiquing Dennis Enright's critique of concessions
Robert Poole
April 1, 2007 - HOT to Trot
HOT lanes would provide time-sensitive Virginians an alternative to congestion
Geoffrey Segal
March 21, 2007 - Debunking Claims About Texas Toll Roads
Republicans dish false information about public-private partnerships in Texas
Peter Samuel
March 16, 2007 - The Weighted Student Formula
Is There a Better Way to Fund Indiana Education?
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2007 - Hollywood: Do as I say, not as I do
Global warming strategy consists of asking others to sacrifice
Samuel Staley
March 14, 2007 - Villaraigosa Should Ask If a WiFi Plan Is Really Necessary
Los Angeles should follow Anaheim's broadband plan
Steven Titch
March 12, 2007 - Indiana's Full-Day Kindergarten: A Wise Choice for Education Dollars?
Negligible, short-term results won't fix Indiana's schools
Lisa Snell
March 6, 2007 - The (Limited) Case for Shadow Tolling
Approach could advance projects difficult to finance through tolls
Robert Poole
March 1, 2007 - Show on the Road
Seismic shift in the way our roads are financed
Robert Poole
February 27, 2007 - Experimenting With School Choice: A Tale of Two California Districts
Oakland, Compton show school choice can improve results more than the status quo
Lisa Snell and Shikha Dalmia
February 23, 2007 - Several States Consider Privatizing Their Lotteries
Revenues should be used for infrastructure, not to increase government spending
Geoffrey Segal
February 23, 2007 - Expanding Smoking Bans Should Worry Us All
Bay Area's nanny state is growing
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
February 16, 2007 - Schwarzenegger Goes From Milton Friedman to Big Government
Arnold's nanny-state plan misdiagnoses what's wrong with health care
George Passantino
February 9, 2007 - Fast Tracking to HOT Lanes
Special tolls would open HOV roadways to specific vehicles, reduce congestion
Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
February 8, 2007 - Universal Health Care Would Be Universal Disaster
Rise in health care costs coincides with Medicaid and Medicare expansion
Adam Summers
February 7, 2007 - Governor's Rose-Colored Glasses Tint the Budget
Schwarzenegger is outspending Gray Davis, ignoring state's major fiscal woes
Adrian Moore and George Passantino
February 7, 2007 - His Way or No Highway
Sen. John Chichester has shut down Virginia's best chance to address the transportation crisis
Geoffrey Segal
February 5, 2007 - In Defense of Leasing Toll Roads
Responding to concession critics
Robert Poole
February 1, 2007 - 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 - Let Them Have Their Pot
The feds should stop harassing sick patients who have the legal right to use marijuana
Manuel S. Klausner
January 26, 2007 - 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 - Arnold's Wrong Model
Bush may promote state health plans, but California isn't a good model
Shikha Dalmia
January 22, 2007 - 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 - Fixing Michigan's Budget
Rework Medicaid, suspend merit scholarships, trim government
Shikha Dalmia
January 18, 2007 - Schwarzenegger's Health Care Plan May Turn Uninsured Into Criminals
Universal health care plan isn't ready, could hurt businesses
Shikha Dalmia
January 18, 2007 - Pennsylvania Must Join Private Sector, Boost Infrastructure
Public-private partnerships can facilitate shift towards 21st century transportation network
Geoffrey Segal
January 17, 2007 - Burying Evidence
The Union of Concerned Scientists' unscientific claims about air pollution and health
Joel Schwartz
January 16, 2007 - Turn the Turnpike Into a Solution
Public-private partnerships are a trend elsewhere and could help Pennsylvania pay for its paving
Geoffrey Segal
January 14, 2007 - Scary Truth Amid Government Accountability
Local governments have opportunities to shrink government and taxpayer commitments
Benita M. Dodd and Geoffrey Segal
January 12, 2007
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