Policy Studies

Truck-Friendly Tolls for 21st Century Interstates

How to modernize the Interstate highway system and address the trucking industry's concerns about tolling

Policy Study by Robert Poole July 22, 2015

Enhanced Transit and Managed Arterials: A Win-Win Combination

Enhanced bus is more flexible than fixed-rail transit, and can offer comparable service levels when operated either on exclusive rights of way or on virtually exclusive rights of way that are kept uncongested by variable pricing.

Policy Study by Robert Poole October 20, 2016

Reinventing the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Policy Study by Robert Poole February 2, 2017

Availability Payment or Revenue-Risk Public-Private Partnership Concessions? Pros and Cons for Highway Infrastructure

While revenue-risk concessions are more advantageous and transfer more risk, a U.S. role for highway availability payment concession remains.

Policy Study by Robert Poole November 2, 2017

Using Asset Recycling To Rebuild America’s Infrastructure

Study finds $720 billion to $885 billion could be generated for infrastructure investment by public-private partnership leases for existing U.S. infrastructure.

Policy Study by Robert Poole November 14, 2018

The Case for Toll-Financed Interstate Replacement

Addressing both the need to rebuild Interstates and the need to begin the transition from per-gallon fuel taxes to per-mile highway user charges.

Policy Study by Robert Poole April 4, 2019

Why Governments Should Lease Their Toll Roads

The nine states studied here would have significant net proceeds from leasing their toll road systems via long-term public-private partnerships—even after paying off outstanding tax-exempt toll road bonds.

Policy Study by Robert Poole August 25, 2020

Study: Leasing 31 U.S. airports would generate $131 billion to fund other infrastructure and pay debt

This study estimates the market value of 31 large and medium U.S. airports as $131 billion in total, including Los Angeles International ($17.8 billion), San Francisco International ($11.9 billion), and Dallas/Ft. Worth International ($11.9 billion).

Policy Study by Robert Poole August 26, 2021

Air traffic control as a public utility

The case for changing the way air traffic control is provided in the United States.

Policy Study by Robert Poole June 15, 2023

Louisiana needs to transition from per-gallon gas taxes to per-mile user fees

With a mid-level shift to electric vehicles, Louisiana could anticipate annual fuel tax revenue would be reduced by $250 million by 2040 and over $325 million by 2050.

Policy Study by Robert Poole December 14, 2023

Incentivizing US airport privatization

The changes needed to enable US airport P3 leases to compete on a level playing field with airport P3 or privatization activity in Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific.

Policy Study by Robert Poole August 28, 2025

Corporate Corrections? Frequently Asked Questions About Prison Privatization

FAQ by Geoffrey Segal November 1, 2002

Frequently Asked Questions About Water / Wastewater Privatization

FAQ by Geoffrey Segal and Adrian Moore September 1, 2003

Contracting for Road and Highway Maintenance

How-to-Guide by Geoffrey Segal, Adrian Moore and Samuel McCarthy March 1, 2003

Exposing the Myths and Realities of Competitive Sourcing

Policy Brief by Geoffrey Segal, Ade Ifelayo and Chandra Pesheck August 1, 2004

The Sky Isn’t Falling in Colorado

Proven Strategies for Budget

Policy Brief by Geoffrey Segal and Adam Summers October 1, 2005

A Bad Idea Gone Too Far

Proposition 86, The Tobacco Tax

Policy Brief by Geoffrey Segal and Skaidra Smith-Heisters October 1, 2006

Privatizing Landfills

Market Solutions for Solid-waste Disposal

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal and Adrian Moore May 1, 2000