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Surface Transportation News: Quantifying the value of Interstates, Texas HOV lanes, and more

Surface Transportation News: Quantifying the value of Interstates, Texas HOV lanes, and more

By Robert Poole

Plus: Maryland toll project delayed, examining pedestrian deaths data, and more.

The criminal justice system is failing people suffering from mental illnesses
The criminal justice system is failing people suffering from mental illnesses

By Yolanda St. Fleur

How inflation could impact public school finances
How inflation could impact public school finances

By Christian Barnard

Retirement plans’ impact on recruiting and retention in the public market
Retirement plans’ impact on recruiting and retention in the public market

By Richard Hiller

Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022
Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

By Truong Bui, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

  • Michigan takes step toward local government transparency
    Michigan takes step toward local government transparency

    Commentary by Marc Joffe

  • California’s public schools are losing kids while getting more money
    California’s public schools are losing kids while getting more money

    Commentary by Jordan Campbell

  • Vision Zero programs are not an effective way to reduce traffic fatalities in U.S. cities
    Vision Zero programs are not an effective way to reduce traffic fatalities in U.S. cities

    Commentary by Jay Derr

  • What the movement to break up big tech gets wrong about our digital economy 
    What the movement to break up big tech gets wrong about our digital economy 

    Commentary by Max Gulker

  • Dealing with public opposition to new tolls
    Dealing with public opposition to new tolls

    Commentary by Robert Poole

  • Top-performing public schools are rejecting students even though they have open seats
    Top-performing public schools are rejecting students even though they have open seats

    Commentary by Jude Schwalbach

  • The FDA’s deadly menthol miscalculation
    The FDA’s deadly menthol miscalculation

    Commentary by Michelle Minton

  • As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds
    As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds

    Commentary by Jen Sidorova

  • Arizona State Senator Sine Kerr on transforming student transportation policy
    Arizona State Senator Sine Kerr on transforming student transportation policy

    Innovators in Action by Ari DeWolf and Christian Barnard

Pension Integrity Project

  • Retirement plans’ impact on recruiting and retention in the public market
    Retirement plans’ impact on recruiting and retention in the public market

    Commentary by Richard Hiller

  • As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds
    As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds

    Commentary by Jen Sidorova

  • California’s unfunded pension liabilities will burden state and local governments
    California’s unfunded pension liabilities will burden state and local governments

    Commentary by Marc Joffe

Education

  • How inflation could impact public school finances
    How inflation could impact public school finances

    Commentary by Christian Barnard

  • California’s public schools are losing kids while getting more money
    California’s public schools are losing kids while getting more money

    Commentary by Jordan Campbell

  • Top-performing public schools are rejecting students even though they have open seats
    Top-performing public schools are rejecting students even though they have open seats

    Commentary by Jude Schwalbach

Transportation

  • Surface Transportation News: Quantifying the value of Interstates, Texas HOV lanes, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Quantifying the value of Interstates, Texas HOV lanes, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Vision Zero programs are not an effective way to reduce traffic fatalities in U.S. cities
    Vision Zero programs are not an effective way to reduce traffic fatalities in U.S. cities

    Commentary by Jay Derr

  • Dealing with public opposition to new tolls
    Dealing with public opposition to new tolls

    Commentary by Robert Poole

Privatization

  • Privatization and Government Reform News: Trends in aviation, Arizona water P3s, and more
    Privatization and Government Reform News: Trends in aviation, Arizona water P3s, and more

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart and Max Gulker

  • Annual Privatization Report 2022: Aviation
    Annual Privatization Report 2022: Aviation

    Annual Privatization Report by Marc Scribner

  • How to maximize Arizona’s water investment
    How to maximize Arizona’s water investment

    Commentary by Austill Stuart and Leonard Gilroy

Individual Freedom

  • The FDA’s deadly menthol miscalculation
    The FDA’s deadly menthol miscalculation

    Commentary by Michelle Minton

  • Public Comment: Menthol prohibition would come with negative consequences
    Public Comment: Menthol prohibition would come with negative consequences

    Testimony by Guy Bentley

  • FDA’s Juul ban threatens harm reduction progress
    FDA’s Juul ban threatens harm reduction progress

    Commentary by Guy Bentley

Data Visualization

  • Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans
    Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans

    Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell

  • Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022
    Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

    Data Visualization by Truong Bui, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

  • Debtor Nation
    Debtor Nation

    Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Marc Joffe

Policy Studies

  • Converting high occupancy vehicle lanes to high occupancy toll lanes or express toll lanes
    Converting high occupancy vehicle lanes to high occupancy toll lanes or express toll lanes

    Policy Brief by Baruch Feigenbaum

  • How Washington state can transition from the gas tax to road usage charges
    How Washington state can transition from the gas tax to road usage charges

    Policy Brief by Baruch Feigenbaum

  • The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market
    The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market

    Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence

Reason Foundation Newsletters

  • Surface Transportation News: Quantifying the value of Interstates, Texas HOV lanes, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Quantifying the value of Interstates, Texas HOV lanes, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Privatization and Government Reform News: Trends in aviation, Arizona water P3s, and more
    Privatization and Government Reform News: Trends in aviation, Arizona water P3s, and more

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart and Max Gulker

  • Aviation Policy News: Air travel chaos, global airport privatization recovery, and more
    Aviation Policy News: Air travel chaos, global airport privatization recovery, and more

    Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Pension Reform News: Forecasting state pension plans’ unfunded liabilities, some states make supplemental pension payments, and more
    Pension Reform News: Forecasting state pension plans’ unfunded liabilities, some states make supplemental pension payments, and more

    Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

  • Surface Transportation News: Urban freeway teardowns, states accelerate highway expansion, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Urban freeway teardowns, states accelerate highway expansion, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

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  • Annual Privatization Report 2022: Aviation
    Annual Privatization Report 2022: Aviation

    Annual Privatization Report by Marc Scribner

  • Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Transportation Finance
    Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Transportation Finance

    Annual Privatization Report by Robert Poole

  • Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation
    Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation

    Annual Privatization Report by Baruch Feigenbaum and Mae Baltz

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  • Debate: The Soho Forum — Climate science compels us to make large and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
    Debate: The Soho Forum — Climate science compels us to make large and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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