Policy Studies

The California High-Speed Rail Proposal: A Due Diligence Report

Policy Study 370

Policy Study by Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore September 1, 2008

California High-Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report

The California high-speed rail project cannot be delivered at the cost promised to taxpayers, is based upon a business plan incapable of delivering on its legal requirements and is justified by proponents based upon unachievable benefits

Policy Study by Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore April 11, 2013

High Occupancy Toll Lanes

Phasing in Congestion Pricing a Lane at a Time

Policy Study by Gordon J. Fielding and Daniel B. Klein November 1, 1993

Ensuring Productive Investment in Transportation Infrastructure

Policy Study by Daniel L. Lewis June 1, 1993

Standardizing Electronic Toll Collection

Policy Study by James V. Halloran III September 1, 1992

Managing Transportation Demand

Markets Versus Mandates

Policy Study by Genevieve Giuliano and Martin Wachs September 1, 1992

Commuting, Congestion, and Pollution

The Employer Paid Parking Connection

Policy Study by Donald C. Shoup and Richard W. Willson September 1, 1992

Perestroika for U.S. Highways

A Bold New Policy for Managing Roads for a Free Society

Policy Study by Gabriel Roth November 1, 1990

Western Water Wars

Efforts to Take Over San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy Systems

Policy Brief by Brian Browne August 1, 2004

Revisiting the Public Interest in Private Water

Policy Brief by Don S. Evans May 1, 2003

Preparing for the Storm

Preserving Water Resources with Stormwater Utilities

Policy Study by Barrett P. Walker January 1, 2001

Rivers Among Us

Local Watershed Preservation and Resource

Policy Study by Michael Harrington and Christopher A. Hartwell October 1, 1999

Restructuring America’s Water Industry

Comparing Investor Owned and Government Water Systems

Policy Study by Kathy Neal, Patrick J. Maloney, Jonas A. Marson and Tamer E. Francis January 1, 1996

Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Privatization and Compliance

Policy Study by Holly June Stiefel February 1, 1994

Water Utility Regulation

Rates and Cost Recovery

Policy Study by Patrick C. Mann March 1, 1993

Reimagining Transportation Policy During and After COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic is going to prompt changes to America’s transportation systems and policies.

Policy Brief by Randal O'Toole September 22, 2020

California Rent Controls

Winners And Losers

Policy Study by Thomas W. Hazlett October 1, 1991

Solving the Medicaid Puzzle

Ideas and Strategies for State Entitlement Reform

Policy Study by John Hood October 1, 1997