Policy Studies

Wyoming Ranks 8th Overall in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

Wyoming’s best rankings are urbanized area congestion (1st), rural arterial lane-width (tied for 1st), total disbursements per mile (9th) and maintenance disbursements per mile (9th).

February 8, 2018

23rd Annual Highway Report

Ranking each state's highway system in 11 categories, including highway spending, pavement and bridge conditions, traffic congestion, and fatality rates.

Annual Highway Report by M. Gregory Fields, Baruch Feigenbaum and Spence Purnell February 8, 2018

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

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.

Policy Brief by Robert Poole September 29, 2017

A Bet Gone Bad: How the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act Harms Consumers, States and Sports

Policy Brief by Julian Morris and Guy Bentley August 31, 2017

CAFE and ZEV Standards: Environmental Effects and Alternatives

Requiring manufacturers to comply with fuel economy standards, rather than using a more cost-effective alternative policy tool to achieve the same goals, likely harms the environment.

Policy Brief by Julian Morris and Arthur Wardle August 3, 2017

Remote Air Traffic Control Towers: A Better Future for America’s Small Airports

Remote towers offer a proven alternative for the provision of air traffic services at low-activity airports.

Policy Study by Stephen Van Beek July 11, 2017

Air Traffic Control FAQs

21 Answers to Air Traffic Control Questions

FAQ by Robert Poole June 8, 2017

Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges for U.S. Marine Aquaculture Development

Aquaculture already produces half of the seafood that humans consume and that percentage continues to rise.

Policy Brief by Julian Morris and Arthur Wardle April 6, 2017

Examining the Inspector General’s Report on Private Prisons

With Attorney General Jeff Sessions re-opening the door to private prisons, the agencies involved should look to improve monitoring and oversight in private prisons.

March 23, 2017

Why Florida Needs a Safety Valve to Prevent Excessively Harsh Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Offenses

Extending a safety valve to oxycodone and hydrocodone trafficking offenses would allow the state to better prioritize public safety and save millions of taxpayer dollars each year.

Policy Brief by Lauren Krisai March 21, 2017

Reinventing the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Policy Study by Robert Poole February 2, 2017

Federal Barriers to Private Capital Investment in U.S. Infrastructure

Private sector can help modernize and improve our roads and bridges

Policy Brief by Robert Poole January 26, 2017

Pension Debt: The Still Unsolved Problem Threatening Lincoln

Policy Study by Anthony Randazzo January 25, 2017

Pension Debt: The Billion Dollar Problem Still Threatening Omaha

Policy Study by Anthony Randazzo January 24, 2017

Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government

State Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2016

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy December 28, 2016

Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections

Criminal Justice and Corrections Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2016

Policy Brief by Lauren Krisai and Leonard Gilroy November 21, 2016

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