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  • Replacing Michigan’s gas tax with mileage-based user fees
    Replacing Michigan’s gas tax with mileage-based user fees

    A transition from per-gallon fuel taxes to a mileage-based user fee system should be considered as a strategy to ensure adequate road funding for Michigan’s future.

    By Robert Poole and Christopher Douglas
    May 31, 2022

  • Examining the causes of induced demand and the future of highway expansion
    Examining the causes of induced demand and the future of highway expansion

    The most effective method for reducing induced demand is to implement pricing on highways.

    By Steven E. Polzin
    January 25, 2022

  • K-12 funding in Tennessee: A student-centered approach
    K-12 funding in Tennessee: A student-centered approach

    By adopting a student-centered funding model, Tennessee would replace the state's outdated education finance system that lacks transparency and local control.

    By Aaron Garth Smith, Christian Barnard and Jordan Campbell
    January 24, 2022

  • Driving Change: The promise of per-mile charges for Georgia transportation
    Driving Change: The promise of per-mile charges for Georgia transportation

    By Robert Poole and Benita M. Dodd
    November 15, 2021

  • What Kratom and delta-8 THC illustrate about substance regulation and criminalization
    What Kratom and delta-8 THC illustrate about substance regulation and criminalization

    Substances like delta-8 and kratom are new entrants into what has become an “underground” market for “legal” buzzes and highs.

    By Nathaniel Wilson
    November 8, 2021

  • Fuel tax rebates for newly tolled Interstates: A quantitative assessment
    Fuel tax rebates for newly tolled Interstates: A quantitative assessment

    The purpose of this policy study is to assess the feasibility of providing fuel tax rebates for miles driven on reconstructed Interstates financed by toll revenues.

    By Robert Poole
    November 3, 2021

  • Vanpools: The forgotten mode of mass transit
    Vanpools: The forgotten mode of mass transit

    Vanpools are a high-quality, low-cost mass transit option.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum
    November 1, 2021

  • A primer on carbon taxes
    A primer on carbon taxes

    Examining claims that replacing existing regulations, subsidies, and tax expenditures with a carbon tax would more cost-effectively achieve emissions-reductions goals.

    By Julian Morris
    October 28, 2021

  • Examining excess deaths, years of lives lost, and other health consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Examining excess deaths, years of lives lost, and other health consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic

    "The non-COVID death toll that has accompanied the pandemic is large, well into six digits."

    By Rob Arnott, Vitali Kalesnik and Lillian Wu
    October 20, 2021

  • Federal law unconstitutionally prohibits medical marijuana users from possessing firearms
    Federal law unconstitutionally prohibits medical marijuana users from possessing firearms

    To prevent violations of the Second and Fifth Amendments, Congress should amend the Gun Control Act of 1968 to permit an exception for legal medical marijuana use.

    By Helen Sudhoff
    October 19, 2021

  • Pathways and policy for 21st-century freight rail
    Pathways and policy for 21st-century freight rail

    The successful development and deployment of automation technologies in the future is key to ensuring freight rail’s ongoing success.

    By Marc Scribner
    September 8, 2021

  • Providing Electronic Toll Collection to the Unbanked and Underbanked
    Providing Electronic Toll Collection to the Unbanked and Underbanked

    Providing one or more user-friendly tolling options for the unbanked and underbanked is important to ensure economic inclusion for everyone.

    By Daryl Fleming
    August 10, 2021

  • U.S. Space Traffic Management and Orbital Debris Policy
    U.S. Space Traffic Management and Orbital Debris Policy

    Public-private partnerships could improve the tracking and removal of space debris and better manage space traffic.

    By Rebecca van Burken
    July 22, 2021

  • The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: What Happened and What Can Be Done to Avoid Another One?
    The 2021 Texas Power Crisis: What Happened and What Can Be Done to Avoid Another One?

    This report focuses on ERCOT and the electric power system because the power outages were the proximate cause of many hardships suffered during the failures.

    By Michael Giberson
    April 22, 2021

  • Rethinking Interstate Rest Areas
    Rethinking Interstate Rest Areas

    This policy brief suggests that a 21st-century Interstate system should have state-of-the-art service plazas in addition to new pavement, improved bridges, and redesigned and rebuilt interchanges in many urban areas.

    By Robert Poole
    April 8, 2021

  • Mass Transit Systems Face Critical Challenges Now and When COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over
    Mass Transit Systems Face Critical Challenges Now and When COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over

    Public transportation is uniquely sensitive to changes in the number of people working from home, changes in commuting patterns, and concerns over public health and safety.

    By Steven E. Polzin
    March 25, 2021

  • Nebraska’s Growing Municipal Pension Funding Challenges
    Nebraska’s Growing Municipal Pension Funding Challenges

    Omaha and Lincoln have made progress in addressing pension issues in recent years, but unfunded liabilities are likely to continue to grow and harm city finances.

    By Zachary Christensen and Jordan Campbell
    March 22, 2021

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Federal Automated Vehicle Policy
    Challenges and Opportunities for Federal Automated Vehicle Policy

    This policy brief aims to provide guidance to federal policymakers as they work to develop a pro-innovation national framework for automated vehicles.

    By Marc Scribner
    February 11, 2021

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