Wendell Cox
Wendell Cox is principal of Demographia.com, a St. Louis region-based public policy firm.
He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Opportunity Urbanism in Houston, and Senior Fellow for Municipal Policy and Housing Affordability at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy in Winnipeg.
He served as a visiting professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris. He has presented guest lectures on demographics and transport at the University of Paris (the Sorbonne), Tonji University (Shanghai), Cairo University, the University of Sydney, and the University of Toronto on urban policy and transport. He served as vice-president of CODATU, a Lyon, France based organization dedicated to improving mobility in developing world urban areas.
Cox has authored a number of studies for Reason Foundation on transportation and related environmental issues, specifically, authoring or co-authoring studies on the California high-speed rail project and the Tampa to Orlando high-speed rail proposal, and the Desert Express Victorville to Las Vegas high-speed rail project. He is co-author of the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, which in its 16th annual edition covers more than 300 markets in eight countries. He is also the author of Demographia World Urban Areas, the only regularly published compendium of population, land area, and urban density for the more than 1,000 areas with more than 500,000 population.
He was appointed to three terms on the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission by Mayor Tom Bradley and to the Amtrak Reform Council by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
He earned a BA in government from California State University, Los Angeles and an MBA from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles.
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Transportation and COVID-19: A State Guide to Policy and Priorities
What states can do amidst today's uncertainty, with a policy focus on mitigating risks to public-sector transportation operations and infrastructure investments.
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Assessing the Results of the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program
This report offers a detailed review of the most recent attempt to boost passenger rail by funding high-speed rail projects and improving service in Amtrak corridors.
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Urban Containment: The Social and Economic Consequences of Limiting Housing and Travel Options
Evaluating key research on urban containment's cost-effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gas emission and impact on housing affordability
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Still A Loser: The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Proposal
Florida taxpayers face huge operating deficits come 2026 if the project goes ahead
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California High-Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report
The California high-speed rail project cannot be delivered at the cost promised to taxpayers, is based upon a business plan incapable of delivering on its legal requirements and is justified by proponents based upon unachievable benefits
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The GAO Didn’t Endorse the California High-Speed Rail Project
GAO says "there is increased risk of such things as cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unmet performance targets"
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The XpressWest Train to Las Vegas: Most Traffic Congestion Won’t Be Avoided
Virtually all of the traffic delays from Los Angeles to Las Vegas occur in areas the high-speed train won't serve
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The XpressWest High-Speed Rail Line from Victorville to Las Vegas: A Taxpayer Risk Analysis
Examining the ridership, revenue, ticket price and travel time forecasts of the XpressWest train seeking a taxpayer-funded loan worth up to $6.5 billion
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5 Reasons the California High-Speed Rail Project Shouldn
Gov. Brown asks for billions in borrowing even as train system gets slower, shorter and more expensive
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Automobiles
Examining technological and compact development strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Florida Taxpayers Ultimately Responsible for Extra High-Speed Rail Costs
Taxpayers cannot be completely protected from potential cost overruns
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The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Project
A Florida taxpayer risk assessment
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Examining Sprawl in Europe and America
Europeans are moving to the suburbs too
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The California High-Speed Rail Proposal: A Due Diligence Report
Policy Study 370
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Smart Growth Increases Pollution Woes
Kern County's smart growth is dumb choice
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A Public Purpose for Public Transit
A Response to the EPI Report