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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Mileage-Based User Fees Are a Promising Successor to the Gas Tax
The United States needs a new funding policy to fund its surface transportation network.
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It Will Hurt, but it is Time for California to Walk Away from High-Speed Rail Fiasco
Reality has failed to live up to the state’s promises.
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How Georgia Is Creating the Foundation For a Successful Regional Transportation System
Georgia faces the prospect of millions of new residents by 2040 and needs a comprehensive infrastructure plan.
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Self-Driving Cars Can Deliver Huge Safety Gains If We Resist the Urge to Overregulate Them
While Florida has avoided some of the onerous regulations found in California and Nevada, its current legislation is far from perfect for automated-vehicle testing.
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California’s Prop. 69 Puts Focus on How State Spends Transportation Funds
Money raised for roads and highways should be used to maintain and upgrade roads and highways.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Highway P3s
Public-private partnerships are a policy tool that can help governments with the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of highways.
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Mileage-Based User Fees Can Replace Gas Taxes, Eventually
States need to continue testing and developing vehicle-miles traveled fee systems.
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Los Angeles has the World’s Worst Traffic Congestion — Again
L.A. tops the list for gridlock for the sixth straight year.
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Ride-Pooling Helps Consumers and Local Economies
“Ride-pooling” is one of the fastest growing areas of ridesharing and is part of sustainable transportation planning.
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Beware of Politicians Claiming Transit Projects Will Deliver Traffic Congestion Relief
The biggest reason transit does not reduce congestion is induced demand.
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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Has Good News and Bad News for California’s Highways
California ranks 42nd in the nation in overall highway conditions and cost-effectiveness, with poor rankings in urban traffic congestion and pavement condition.
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Autonomous Vehicles: A Guide For Policymakers
Policymakers should focus on the intermediate effects, including a world in which autonomous and nonautonomous vehicles share roadways.
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Trump’s infrastructure plan is good and bad news for California’s tired, out-of-shape highways
If the plan moves ahead and major parts of the Trump administration’s plan are passed into law, it will shift a lot of the burden for funding infrastructure onto state and local governments.
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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan is Good and Bad News for California’s Tired, Out-of-Shape Highways
California will need to seriously dedicate itself to maximizing taxpayers’ dollars and prioritizing transportation projects.
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Georgia Shouldn’t Rush Transit Legislation
Getting the transit plan right is more important than rushing it.
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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Has Several Good Elements
Shifting federal transportation policy in some ways that would give states more freedom to operate their roadway systems.
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23rd Annual Highway Report
Ranking each state's highway system in 11 categories, including highway spending, pavement and bridge conditions, traffic congestion, and fatality rates.
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How Trump’s transportation plan might help Southern California
Trump still hasn’t provided substantive details on where the funding would come from, but there are significant federal policy changes between the status quo and what Trump has sketched out.
