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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Testimony: Without tolling, PennDOT does not have the ability to rebuild bridges
PennDOT should follow value-added tolling principles to rebuild the state's infrastructure.
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Testimony: Comments on the supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Maryland I-495 and I-270 managed lane project
Due to a change in project scope, MDOT and FHWA needed to provide a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the I-270 and I-495 Managed Lanes Project.
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Vanpools: The forgotten mode of mass transit
Vanpools are a high-quality, low-cost mass transit option.
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Texas Central shouldn’t get a $12 billion taxpayer-backed loan
The Houston-Dallas proposal has long been sold to the public as a privately financed high-speed rail system that doesn't need taxpayers' money.
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California legislature was wise not to issue the remaining $4 billion of high-speed rail bonds
Without the bond proceeds, the California High-Speed Rail Authority will not be able to meet its intermediate objective of establishing service along 171 miles of electrified track between Merced and Bakersfield.
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Texas Supreme Court Says Company Can Use Eminent Domain For Houston-Dallas High-Speed Train
While Texas Central is promising to benefit travelers going back and forth between Houston and Dallas, it would do so by interrupting the lives and livelihoods of many Texans living and farming along the route.
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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.
