The Politics of Infrastructure: Balancing User Fees and Value Capture
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Carter Templeton
BY RICK RYBECK* Just Economics, LLC On November 23rd, “60 Minutes” broadcast an episode about crumbling infrastructure in the United...
Where are the "Bad" Transportation Projects
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Transportation projects can develop a bad reputation. When people hear “Bridge to Nowhere” or “Big Dig” for most people their...
Congressional Estimators Say Repatriation Won't Pay for GROW AMERICA
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Jeff Davis
March 9, 2015 - The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for...
Houston has a shiny, new bus network
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Paul Lewis
Over the past decade, Houston has invested a significant amount of resources in public transit. Most notably a new 12.8-mile...
Choose Your Own Transportation Future: Thoughts on USDOT's Beyond Traffic
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Carter Templeton
BY MARLA WESTERVELT Policy Analyst In recent years the American public has been inundated with crumbling infrastructure headlines and predictions...
The Highway Trust Fund: What is it Good For? A response to surface transportation devolutionists
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Carter Templeton
BY MARLA WESTERVELT Policy Analyst Falling gasoline prices have Americans talking - prices that were hovering around $3.50 per gallon...
Funding for freight can be a critical element for the next transportation bill
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Paul Lewis
The United States currently lacks a comprehensive national freight policy. Over the past several years, there has been extensive discussion...
Re-Programming Mobility: Four Scenarios of How Digital Technology Could Reshape Transportation and Planning in the U.S.
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Carter Templeton
BY ANTHONY TOWNSEND New York University In late 2012, I spent a week in Israel on business. Over lunch one...
Common Ground for Airport Investment
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One might think that investing in airport infrastructure would be something that airport authorities and airlines would agree upon. Airport...
President Releases FY 2016 Budget Request
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Jeff Davis
February 2, 2015 - This is a preliminary Eno Transportation Weekly Express update on the President’s budget request for fiscal...
