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Express Transit Lanes for Toll Roads
Express bus service combined with variable pricing in a new policy framework aimed at achieving significant, sustainable reductions in congestion in both the general lanes and the inside-shoulder lane.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, September 2017
“IPS believes the school is the unit of change in a school district. IPS is moving from a “directive” district - making decisions at the central level in a “one-size” fits all - to a "collaborative" district that shifts decisions to the school level."
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The FDA Has a Golden Opportunity to Save Smokers’ Lives
Back in July, the Food and Drug Administration committed itself to a new strategy to tackling smoking.
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People of the State of California v. Jessica Claire McElfresh
Amicus Brief to the Superior court of the State of California
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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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Surface Transportation News #167
I-77 P3 critics must face reality
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Hurricane Irma Could Tip US Virgin Islands into Bankruptcy
Hurricane Irma was still a Category 5 storm when it ravaged the U.S. Virgin Islands last week. Damage to the territory’s tourism infrastructure may compel the government to use the bankruptcy process that Congress created for Puerto Rico last year.
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Airport Policy and Security News #119
Small airports and ATC corporatization
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Gambling is Good for Us (At Least Economically)
Every major sporting event and the surge of betting that accompanies it serves to highlight the absurd state of America's outdated and counterproductive prohibition on sports betting.
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One Way the FDA Can Demonstrate It Is Serious About Saving Lives
Smokers deserve access to safer, noncombustible nicotine products, and the public and health professionals need information about the relative risks of different products.
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Abbott v. Pastides, Case No. 17-1853
Amicus Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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Comment to FDA on Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application
The MRTP pathway is critically important toward reducing the toll of smoking on the U.S. population.