Marc Scribner
Senior Transportation Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
Marc Scribner is a Senior Transportation Policy Analyst at Reason Foundation.
Scribner's work focuses on a variety of public policy issues related to transportation, land use, and urban growth, including infrastructure investment and operations, transportation safety and security, risk and regulation, privatization and public finance, urban redevelopment and property rights, and emerging transportation technologies such as automated road vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems. He frequently advises policymakers on these matters at the federal, state, and local levels.
Scribner has testified numerous times before Congress at the invitation of both Democrats and Republicans on issues including highway revenue collection, traffic congestion management, public transit productivity, freight rail regulation, airport financing, and air traffic control modernization. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Emerging Technology Law.
He has appeared on television and radio programs in outlets such as Fox Business Network, National Public Radio, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and has also written for numerous publications, including USA Today, The Washington Post, Wired, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Forbes, and National Review. And his work has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Congressional Quarterly, Washington Monthly, POLITICO, CNN, Bloomberg, BBC, C-SPAN, and other print, television, and radio outlets.
Scribner joined Reason Foundation after more than a decade at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, where he was a senior fellow in transportation policy. He received his undergraduate degree in economics and philosophy from George Washington University.
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Freight rail deregulation: Past experience and future reforms
Advancing the public interest demands that regulators consider the unique characteristics of the industry in question and its role in the broader economy over the long-run.
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How to build on the success of past railroad deregulation
Congress can protect the gains realized from the Staggers Act and help usher in 21st-century freight rail.
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Reforming the Department of Transportation’s aviation consumer protection authority
DOT increasingly uses its authority to protect consumers from unfair practices to chip away at airline deregulation.
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Webinar: The impacts of autonomous vehicle technology and role of public policy
Watch this video featuring Reason Foundation, Brookings Institution, and Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering on the future technological, socio-economic and public policy impacts of autonomous vehicles.
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Reforming the Airport Investment Partnership Program
Privatization could bring needed improvements to U.S. airports while containing costs and shifting fiscal risks away from taxpayers.
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Modernizing the passenger facility charge to improve aviation
Modernizing the passenger facility charge would improve airports and increase airline competition.
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A simple way to increase competition and reduce airfares in the US
Congress should consider relaxing the prohibition on airline cabotage and build on the success of domestic airline deregulation.
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What Congress needs to know about drone airspace integration
Congress should pay close attention to ongoing activities in the drone industry and at FAA.
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Annual Privatization Report 2022 —Aviation
This report reviews developments in the United States and worldwide regarding private-sector participation in airports, air traffic control, and airport security.
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New regulatory burdens for the transportation sector from the Biden administration
The current volume of regulatory activity at the U.S. Department of Transportation is typical of what has been seen over the past two administrations.
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Examining the increase in traffic fatalities and surge in dangerous driving
This troubling upward trend in dangerous driving during the COVID-19 pandemic must be analyzed to better understand the causes and evaluate the effectiveness of potential safety countermeasures.
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As more states legalize marijuana, the Department of Transportation looks to change drug testing policies
Drug tests for marijuana use continue to reflect a bygone zero-tolerance approach and fail to reliably detect on-duty use and intoxication.
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The real danger of mandatory reciprocal switching is freight rail stagnation
The Surface Transportation Board should not amend its reciprocal switching regulations until it can credibly show that the benefits would exceed the costs.
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The benefits of the pupil transportation policy reforms in Arizona’s SB 1630
Smaller, lower-cost vehicles would help students living in rural, geographically diverse areas of the state, but also assist urban families.
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Recalibrating expectations for the true potential of automated vehicles
We will be dealing with a large amount of uncertainty about both AV technology and policy for some time.
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Arizona’s kids need expanded transportation options to get to the schools of their choice
Some of Arizona’s highest-quality schools are unable to offer student transportation thanks to outdated state laws.
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Testimony: Proposed railroad industry regulations ignore future automation advancements
Proposed regulations could complicate the supply chain even further during a time of unprecedented shipping congestion.
