Baruch Feigenbaum
Senior Managing Director, Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
Baruch Feigenbaum is senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation.
Feigenbaum has a diverse background researching and implementing transportation issues including revenue and finance, public-private partnerships, highways, transit, high-speed rail, ports, intelligent transportation systems, land use, and local policymaking. Prior to joining Reason, Feigenbaum handled transportation issues on Capitol Hill for Rep. Lynn Westmoreland.
Feigenbaum is a member of the Transportation Research Board Bus Transit Systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems Committees. He is vice president of programming for the Transportation and Research Forum Washington Chapter, a reviewer for the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA), and a contributor to Planetizen. He has appeared on NBC Nightly News and CNBC. His work has been featured in the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications.
Feigenbaum earned his master's degree in Transportation Planning with a focus in engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Transit Agencies Too Often Favor Choice Riders at Expense of Transit Dependent Riders
Mass transit funding and development policies cater to wealthier, choice riders who should be paying the full costs of the transit service, while those who can barely afford transit service are losing essential routes between their homes and workplaces.
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Sales Taxes Are the Most Regressive Source of Transportation Funding
Roads and highways should be paid for by their users.
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Bus Rapid Transit Provides Cost-Effective Mass Transit Options
For many high-density corridors, bus rapid transit is going to be a better, more cost-effective option than rail.
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Testimony: Maryland Highways Need Expanded Capacity
Much of Maryland’s infrastructure is more than 50 years old and needs to be modernized.
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Annual Privatization Report 2021 — Surface Transportation
This report examines recent trends and developments in public-private partnerships for surface transportation projects.
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Remembering David Hartgen
The former professor and policy analyst made a major impact on the transportation world.
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How to Address Drivers’ Concerns About Toll Roads and Bridges
State leaders need to address drivers' concerns about the tolls they pay and where the money goes.
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Biden Administration’s Civil Rights Review of I-45 Project In Houston Could Threaten Infrastructure Projects Everywhere
The Biden administration took the unusual step of pausing a Houston highway widening project by using a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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To Repair Its Deficient Bridges, Pennsylvania Should Embrace Value-Added Tolling
PennDOT and public-private partnerships can fully address concerns about wasteful government spending, double taxation, and the fairness of tolling.