Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletters

Surface Transportation Innovations #26

Topics include: Reason's new Virtual Exclusive Busways study; Hudson's disappointing surface transportation report; design-build success stories; truck congestion pricing in L.A.; and other news.

By Robert Poole
September 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #25

Topics include: Atlanta's look at innovative truck toll lanes; paying for better commutes; financial community bullishness on tolling; and transportation network vulnerability.

By Robert Poole
August 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #24

Topics include: HOV/HOT lanes safety; affordable transponders; S&P's report on public-private partnerships; public support for toll lanes; and traffic signal timing.

By Robert Poole
June 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #23

Topics include: paying for new lane construction out of toll revenue; the continued decline of car-pooling; tolling existing free lanes; incident-related congestion; and inaccuracies in rail and road traffic forecasting.

By Robert Poole
May 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #22

Topics include: how congestion harms urban economies; trucking re-regulation in Congress; HOV enforcement; and other breaking news stories.

By Robert Poole
April 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #21

Topics include: the need for tolls and public-private partnerships in California; tolling/pricing provisions in the federal transportation bill; building electronic toll collection into vehicles; new data on federal subsidies by transportation mode; and o

By Robert Poole
February 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #20

Topics include: DOT's recent report on public-private partnerships in transportation; getting the Feds out of transportation funding; second thoughts on shadow tolling; fixing California

By Robert Poole
January 1, 2005

Surface Transportation Innovations #19

Topics include: rethinking federal highway spending; making cost-effective highway improvements; congestion tolls vs. urban growth boundaries; "sustainable mobility," and other topics.

By Robert Poole
November 1, 2004

Surface Transportation Innovations #18

Topics include: Longer Combination Vehicles (LCVs), electronic toll tag technology, adaptive cruise control to help reduce traffic congestion, and other breaking news stories.

By Robert Poole
August 1, 2004