Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletters

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.

By Robert Poole
August 10, 2021

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.

By Robert Poole
July 12, 2021

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.

By Robert Poole
June 7, 2021

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.

By Robert Poole
May 12, 2021

Surface Transportation News: Commercial Services on Interstate Highways, Mileage Fees, Urban Transit After COVID-19, and More

Plus: What we don’t know about per-mile highway charges, overblown concerns about impact of automation on trucking jobs, monorail projects proposed, and more.

By Robert Poole
April 8, 2021

Surface Transportation News: The Postal Service’s Electric Truck Problem, Traffic Bottlenecks Aren’t Being Fixed, and More

Plus: Transit options for the Bay Area, Maryland's managed lanes moving forward, exempting electric vehicles from congestion pricing, and more.

By Robert Poole
March 4, 2021

Surface Transportation News: Truck Tolling, Transportation Planning During and After the Pandemic, and More

Plus: Making sense of highway fatality data during the COVID-19 pandemic, green bonds for transit, separate lanes for automated vehicles, and more.

By Robert Poole
February 9, 2021

Surface Transportation News: Claims of Highway Boondoggles, Federal Transit Policy, and More

Plus: President-elect Biden may face a truck vs. rail dilemma, toll road traffic recovery estimates, and more.

By Robert Poole
January 11, 2021

Surface Transportation News: Annual Highway Report Rankings, Concerns About Electric Vehicles, and More

Plus: Replacing obsolete interstate bridges, how to establish the safety of automated vehicles, trucks and mileage-based user fees, and more.

By Robert Poole
December 3, 2020