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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Infrastructure Stimulus Hasn’t Worked In The Past and Won’t Work Now
President Trump’s call for a $2 trillion infrastructure stimulus bill is not a strategic infrastructure plan.
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Importance of Interstate Highways, Shipping and Trucking Highlighted By COVID-19 Crisis
Right now, we're realizing how important freight infrastructure, truckers, delivery drivers and warehouse workers are to all of us.
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With Fewer Cars on the Roads, States Aim to Speed Up Construction Projects
Coronavirus shutdowns across the country are reducing vehicle traffic volumes by as much as 70 percent.
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Mass Transit Stimulus Spending Should Be Limited to Providing Operations, Focus on Transit-Dependent Riders
Federal lawmakers should specify a ceiling for total stimulus aid and provide monthly payments based on a calculation of the passenger revenue lost and the extra cleaning costs incurred by each system.
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Telecommuting Is Helping Fight COVID-19 and Can Help Companies and Cities Over the Long-Term
A long-term increase in telecommuting could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while also reducing government spending on infrastructure.
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A High-Speed Rail Line From Atlanta to Charlotte Would Struggle
If high-speed rail boosters want to build an expensive train between Charlotte and Atlanta, it should be completely privately funded.
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As Cities Seek to Regulate Scooters, They Should Avoid Picking Winners and Losers
Washington, D.C.'s recent decisions are likely to stifle competition, raise prices and hamper mobility.
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13 Frequently Asked Questions About Mileage-Based User Fees
With the gas tax becoming increasingly unsustainable, mileage-based user fees offer a fair, reliable and sustainable funding mechanism for roadways.
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The Misguided Efforts to Derail Maryland’s I-270 and I-495 Toll Projects
Drivers would get congestion relief, transit riders would get new high-quality bus service, and taxpayers wouldn't have to fund the projects.
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California Would Benefit If Gov. Newsom Continues to Push for Highway Improvements
There’s no way to sugarcoat it: California’s infrastructure is in bad shape.
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States Using Cost-Benefit Analysis Have More Efficient Transportation Systems
Unfortunately, a recent survey of state departments of transportation officials found that only five or six states systematically use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate transportation projects.
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The Shifting Burden and Benefits of New York’s Congestion Pricing Revenue
Unfortunately, the main focus of TMRB seems to be to guarantee that congestion pricing revenue produces at least $1 billion a year.
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Where Do Gas Taxes Go? States Divert Fuel Taxes to Schools, Police, and Fish Barrier Removal
Five states are diverting over one-third of their total fuel tax revenue to non-road uses and an additional five states diverting at least one-quarter of their gas tax money.
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How Level 4 Automated Vehicles May Impact Other Travel Modes
Estimating how intercity car, bus and air travel might change when autonomous vehicles are a viable option.
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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.
