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  • Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway  rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more

    Plus: Hyperloop's still-unanswered questions, why free transit may not reduce auto trips, and more.

    By Robert Poole
    May 10, 2022

  • Surface Transportation News: Pandemic and migration change transportation plans, supply chain crisis, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Pandemic and migration change transportation plans, supply chain crisis, and more

    Plus: Puerto Rico considering more toll road leases, emulating Canada on commercial rest areas, and more.

    By Robert Poole
    April 11, 2022

  • Surface Transportation News: Most advanced toll lanes, DOT’s unserious supply chain proposal, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Most advanced toll lanes, DOT’s unserious supply chain proposal, and more

    Plus: Mileage-based user fees study breaks new ground, the 15-minute city, and more.

    By Robert Poole
    March 9, 2022

  • Surface Transportation News: Backlash to highway guidance, new federal bridge program, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Backlash to highway guidance, new federal bridge program, and more

    Plus: Privacy concerns over mileage-based user fees, House committee disappoints on automated vehicle innovation, and more.

    By Robert Poole
    February 9, 2022

  • Surface Transportation News: FHWA vs. bipartisan infrastructure bill, traffic congestion, and more
    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.

    By Robert Poole
    January 6, 2022

  • Surface Transportation News: Bipartisan infrastructure bill, ranking state highway systems, and more
    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.

    By Robert Poole
    December 8, 2021

  • Surface Transportation News: Dealing with ‘double taxation’ on tolled Interstates, the supply chain mess, and more
    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.

    By Robert Poole
    November 5, 2021

  • Surface Transportation News: Rhetorical war on freeway expansion, transit’s near-term future, and more
    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.

    By Robert Poole
    October 8, 2021

  • Surface Transportation News: Problems with electric vehicles, freight rail innovation in jeopardy, and more
    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.

    By Robert Poole
    September 16, 2021

  • Surface Transportation News: Analysis of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, How ‘Buy America’ Undermines Transit, and More
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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

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