Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletters
Reason Foundation's Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole analyzes the latest news on major transportation projects, infrastructure financing, solutions for traffic congestion, toll lanes, mass transit and more.
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Previous editions of this newsletter are below and Reason's transportation research is here.
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Surface Transportation News: FHWA vs. bipartisan infrastructure bill, traffic congestion, and more
Plus: Beware the “induced demand” calculator, Amtrak expansion and freight rail, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: Bipartisan infrastructure bill, ranking state highway systems, and more
Plus: Suspending gas taxes, electric vehicle charging stations, threats to Uber and Lyft, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: Dealing with ‘double taxation’ on tolled Interstates, the supply chain mess, and more
Plus: Trucking study urges EVs to pay by the kilowatt-hour, assessing the future of urban-area parking, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: Rhetorical war on freeway expansion, transit’s near-term future, and more
Plus: Misinformation on proposed per-mile charge, trucks as leading candidate for automation, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: Problems with electric vehicles, freight rail innovation in jeopardy, and more
Plus: Virginia embraces per-mile charging, the return on investment for passenger rail systems, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: Analysis of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, How ‘Buy America’ Undermines Transit, and More
The good, the bad, and the ugly in the infrastructure bill.
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Surface Transportation News: Highways Splitting Neighborhoods, Replacing Fuel Taxes, a High-Speed Rail Proposal and More
Plus: Electric vehicle charging at Interstate rest areas, the costs of rail projects, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: President Biden’s Jobs Plan, New Transportation Finance and Public-Private Partnership Reports
New reports show why U.S. lags in infrastructure finance and public private partnerships, prospects for autonomous vehicle legislation in Congress, and more.
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Surface Transportation News: Losing the User-Pays Principle, Biden’s Broadband Plan and More
Plus: FHWA approves electric vehicle charging at rest areas, the Amtrak-freight rail conflict, diverting toll revenues away from toll roads, and more.