Shirley Ybarra
Senior Transportation Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
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Shirley Ybarra is a senior transportation policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.

Ms. Ybarra served as Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1998 to 2002, overseeing a budget of $3.2 billion and a staff of 13,000 people. Between 1994 and 1998, Ybarra was Virginia's Deputy Secretary of Transportation.

Ybarra also served as senior policy advisor and special assistant for policy for U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole from 1983 to 1987. In that role, Ybarra managed the transfer and privatization of Dulles and National Airports to the Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority.

Ybarra authored Virginia's Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, considered the model public-private partnership legislation in the United States.

In 2001, Ybarra received the American Road and Transportation Builders Association's "Public-Private Ventures Entrepreneur of the Year Award" for her leadership in designing innovative infrastructure financing.

She holds a Master's degree in Economics and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Studies by Shirley Ybarra

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Op-Eds and Commentary by Shirley Ybarra

Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation
Testimony to the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee
July 28, 2008 | Testimony
By Shirley Ybarra, Reason
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No New Taxes and Building Roads in Virginia
State should put private capital to work solving our transportation problems
July 23, 2008 | Reason.org
By Shirley Ybarra, Reason
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Tax Increases Are Wrong Fix for Virginia's Congestion Woes
State needs to turn to innovative solutions, not tax increases
June 4, 2008 | Reason.org
By Shirley Ybarra, Reason
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Virginia Saving Money With Fixed-Price Interstate Maintenance Deal
Florida and international community have demonstrated there are significant savings to be had
May 8, 2008 | Reason.org
By Shirley Ybarra, Reason
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Feds Don't Need Bigger Role in Public-Private Partnerships
States can best determine what works for their own road projects
April 1, 2008 | Reason.org
By Shirley Ybarra, Reason
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Spend Transportation Dollars on Transportation
Virginia continues to raid funds intended for infrastructure
January 26, 2008 | Washington Examiner
By Shirley Ybarra, Reason
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