Robert Poole
Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
Robert Poole is director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow at Reason Foundation.
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Revenue-Risk Concessions Are a Preview of a Future Highway Utility Industry
Highways are a vital public utility, but are not funded and operated like any of our other utilities.
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It’s Time to Rethink America’s Failing Highways
Our nation’s major roads are effectively a utility like any other. It’s time we treated them as such.
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A Truck-Friendly Approach to Tolling and Improving Highways
The most important provision is that the new tolls would be dedicated—by law—solely to the capital and operating costs of the rebuilt and modernized Interstates.
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Replacing Per-Gallon Taxes With Per-Mile Charges Is the Best Path Forward
The transition from per-gallon to per-mile will be a major shift in transportation funding.
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Time to Separate the ATO from FAA Safety Regulation
(Article by Langhorne Bond and Robert Poole for The Journal of Air Traffic Control, Spring 2010, updated March 2018)
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It Is Time to Rethink the U.S. Highway Model
Our highway funding system based on per-gallon fuel taxes is breaking down for several reasons.
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As Major Cities Try to Combat Traffic Congestion, Texas State Legislature Limits Their Options
The Texas state legislature enacted new laws aimed at curtailing the use of tolling and public-private partnerships.
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The Revival of Revenue-Risk Highway Public-Private Partnerships
Two of the largest problems facing state governments are aging infrastructure needing significant investment and seriously under-funded public pension systems.
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Public-Private Partnerships and the Forthcoming Trump Infrastructure Plan
Although the specifics of the White House infrastructure plan are still murky
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House Republicans’ Tax Bill Threatens Private Infrastructure Investment
One of the provisions in the emerging House tax reform bill could devastate private investment in transportation infrastructure.
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Congress Has Opportunity to Reform our Low-Tech Air Traffic Control System
Every time you fly, your flight is guided by air traffic controllers. Although our air traffic control (ATC) system is the world’s busiest, it is no longer the world’s most-advanced nor the most efficient.
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A Vote to Modernize the Air Traffic Control System
America’s efforts to modernize its air traffic control system are over budget, behind schedule and far less advanced than in other countries.
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Trump’s Reversal on Public-Private Partnerships Is Bad News for California Roads
After taking office, Trump’s transportation team highlighted how public-private partnerships could help fund the proposed $1 trillion worth of infrastructure improvements. But Trump has reportedly changed his mind.
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If President Trump Abandons Support for Public-Private Partnerships, He’ll Have Trouble Delivering on Infrastructure Promises
Public-private partnerships should play an important role in infrastructure investment, but reports say Trump has changed his position on using P3s to fund $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
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Time to Free Air Traffic Control from the Federal Bureaucracy
A major battle is under way to improve the air traffic control (ATC) system by removing it from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the national air safety regulator.
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How to Deal With High Toll Rates and Other Issues on Express Toll Lane Networks
Urban areas need to address these challenges or risk losing the large benefits of these toll lane networks.
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Indiana Can Serve as a Model for Private Infrastructure Investment
Critics are overstating the problems Indiana’s public-private partnership toll road deals have had and largely ignoring the benefits they’ve delivered.
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An Open Letter to Delta Airlines on the Proposed Air Traffic Control Corporation
Delta’s repudiating its previous false and misleading claims would contribute to a more fact-based discussion of the pros and cons of air traffic control reform.