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Annual Privatization Report 2017 — Surface Transportation
Developments in long-term public private partnerships for highways and surface transportation projects.
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Annual Privatization Report 2017 — Transportation Finance
During 2016, investors worldwide put a record annual total of $59 billion into infrastructure investment funds.
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Annual Privatization Report 2017 — Air Transportation
The year's developments in air traffic control, airports and airport security.
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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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California’s Bail System Is Unjust and Expensive
In California, you’ll be forced to sit in jail until you either plead guilty to the charges or you get acquitted after going to trial. Pre-trial justice systems should be based upon public safety, fairness and cost-effectiveness.
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Self-Driving Cars Delivering Pizza in Other States Should Worry California
Cities and states that embrace them or put up the fewest barriers should reap the earliest and biggest economic rewards. California needs to re-evaluate its policies on self-driving cars.
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Congress Should Repeal Sports Gambling Ban, Let California Chart its Own Path
Southern California is now home to two NFL teams. But if you want to bet on those teams, you’ll have to go to Las Vegas.
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Michael Bloomberg Wasted $10 Million Trying to Convince Chicago-Area Cook County to Keep its Soda Tax
Residents of Cook County, Ill. are celebrating a much-needed win for consumer freedom with the Board of Commissioners opting to repeal the sweetened beverage tax in a landslide vote of 15-2.
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Surface Transportation News #168
Trump and P3 infrastructure: what now?