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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Michigan Wisely Looks to Tolling to Help Finance Road and Bridge Repairs
Tolling can be used as an effective tool and sustainable revenue source to help meet the state's transportation needs.
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Despite Big Spending, California’s Highway System Ranks Among Worst in the Nation
California’s highways rank 43rd in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition, according to Reason Foundation’s 25th Annual Highway Report.
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Suburban Atlanta Voters Rejected a Tax Increase for Mass Transit, Again
Voters rejected a one percent sales tax increase for transit expansion for the second time in two years.
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Ranking State Highway Systems on Performance and Cost-Effectiveness: North Dakota and Missouri Rank Best, New Jersey and Alaska Rank Last
The 25th Annual Highway Report measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of state-controlled highways in 13 categories, including pavement condition, traffic congestion, fatalities, and spending per mile.
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Austin’s Voters Chose a Bad Time To Approve Costly New Rail Lines
The voter-approved Proposition A permanently increases the city’s property tax rate to fund a $7.1 billion mass transit system.
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Los Angeles Metro’s Long-Term Plan Doesn’t Effectively Improve Transportation or Plan for Future
In 2019, fewer than 5 percent of LA commuters used mass transit. Yet, Metro's plan spends $80 billion on new transit capital construction.
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Georgia Ballot Initiative Analysis: Amendment 2 (2020)
Georgia's Amendment 2 would waive the state’s sovereign immunity laws, thus allowing residents to sue state or local governments if they believe a state or local law is unconstitutional.
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Georgia Ballot Initiative Analysis: Amendment 1 (2020)
Georgia's Amendment 1 would dedicate all taxes or fees to the specific program or purpose to which the taxes or fees were imposed.
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Congress Needs to Get Serious About Enabling Tolling So States Can Rebuild Highways
Congress should unlock an important funding option that can be implemented with some common-sense guardrails to protect taxpayers.