Baruch Feigenbaum
Senior Managing Director, Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
Baruch Feigenbaum is senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation and lead author of Reason's Annual Highway Report.
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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Replacing Gas Taxes With Tolls Would Improve Fairness, Quality of Highways
An increasingly major problem with the fuel tax is states diverting gas tax money intended to maintain roads to non-roadway purposes.
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California Should Focus on Congestion and Pavement Condition to Improve State’s Highways
Given the amount of money California spends on its highways already, improving pavement conditions are a realistic and achievable goal.
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California’s High-Speed Rail Project Should Be Put Back on the Ballot
Any revised rail plan should be carefully vetted and, ideally, put back in front of the electorate.
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Annual Privatization Report 2019: Surface Transportation
The latest trends and developments in the use of public-private partnerships for surface transportation projects.
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Study Ranks Every State’s Highway System, Finds Road Conditions Worsening In Important Categories
North Dakota, Virginia and Missouri have the best performing, most cost-efficient state highway systems, while New Jersey, Rhode Island and Hawaii have the worst.
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Mileage-Based User Fees Represent a Sustainable Way to Pay for Highways
Seeking a sustainable source of funding to build and maintain America’s highways.
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Managed Lanes and BRT Can Optimize Mass Transit Systems for Today’s Cities
Bus Rapid Transit's attractiveness as a policy solution derives from key features that make it more efficient than regular buses and rail.
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States Should Consider Converting Carpool Lanes Into Toll Lanes
Variable-priced tolling provides needed transportation revenue to build, maintain and operate the lanes.
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California’s High-Speed Rail Plan Gets Better, But Is Still Flawed And Too Expensive
The state should not gamble any more money on this troubled initiative.