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 before Congress at the invitation of both Democrats and Republicans on issues including highway revenue collection, traffic congestion management, and airport financing. 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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Comments on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Framework for Automated Driving System Safety
The NHTSA should not attempt to develop government-unique technical standards and incorporate those government-unique standards into Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for automated vehicles at this time.
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Should Freight Train Crew Sizes Be Regulated?
Part seven of Reason's Debatable Ideas series examines crew-size minimums.
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What’s the Story Behind Increased Traffic Fatalities During the Pandemic?
While urban areas have seen an uptick in motor vehicle fatalities during the pandemic, the trend is mostly coming from rural areas.
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Debatable Ideas: Examining Key Transportation Issues, Myths and Misconceptions
In this series, Reason's transportation policy analysts examine key infrastructure issues, including common myths and misconceptions found in today's policy debates.
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Should Automated Vehicle Regulations Precede Technical Standardization?
Part three of Reason's Debatable Ideas series examines whether premature regulations would actually threaten ongoing AV development and the large potential safety and mobility benefits of automated vehicles.
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How the Biden Administration and Congress Can Pave the Path for Automated Vehicles
New policy brief lays out several steps federal policymakers can take to adapt the automotive regulatory apparatus to automated driving system technologies.
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Biden’s USDOT Is Positioned to Advance Sound Automated Vehicle Policy
Automated vehicles have the potential to dramatically improve safety, mobility, and accessibility for Americans.
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Biden’s Favored Regulations Could Limit His Own Infrastructure Plans From the Start
If the Biden administration adopts a pro-regulatory reflex, its transportation and infrastructure policy aspirations are likely to fail in the same manner as the Trump administration’s “Infrastructure Week” did.
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Should the Federal Government Fund Highways and Transit Equally?
Examining what Americans are getting in return for mass transit’s share of surface transportation funding.