Publications
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Research & Commentary: Gas Tax Hikes Are Not the Answer for Arkansas’ Roads
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Early in 2015, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) appointed the Working Group on Highway Funding (WGHF) to find ways to improve transportation funding. Arkansas’ current 21.5 cents-per-gallon gasoline tax and 22. -
The Leaflet: Ride-sharing Regulations Are Still an Issue for States
Publication -The Leaflet -Ride-sharing Regulations Are Still an Issue for StatesOn Monday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn vetoed a bill that would have established onerous statewide regulations on ride-sharing services that compete with taxis such as Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar. -
Research & Commentary: The Grow America Proposal
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Obama Administration recently proposed a $302 billion transportation funding plan, the Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America (GROW AMERICA) -
Research & Commentary: Rideshare Regulation in Illinois and Chicago
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Over the past several years, the popularity of “transportation network providers” (rideshare) has grown exponentially across the country. -
Research & Commentary: Rideshare Regulation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Over the past several years, the popularity of “ridesharing” services has grown exponentially across the country. -
Research & Commentary: National Infrastructure Bank
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Obama administration recently made the establishment of a National Infrastructure Bank part of its proposed budget. -
The Streetcar Fantasy
Publication -Policy Briefs -Plans to build streetcar lines in San Antonio are based on several critical fallacies, including claims that streetcars are superior to buses in their ability to attract riders and that streetcars promote economic development. -
Research & Commentary: High-Speed Rail
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2009 in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Congress allocated $8 billion to send to states for intercity rail projects, with “priority to projects that support the development of intercity high speed rail service. -
Research & Commentary: Congestion Traffic Pricing
Publication -Research and Commentaries -According to a report by the Texas Transportation Institute, the cost of urban traffic congestion, converted to a dollar value, quintupled between 1982 and 2007. -
Research & Commentary: SunRail Will Produce Few Benefits and Cost Millions
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As Florida policymakers take up the SunRail passenger rail proposal, the performance of existing passenger rail systems across the country should be part of their deliberations. -
Short-term Effects of a Teenage Driver Cell Phone Restriction
Publication -Policy Studies -This academic study, conducted in 2008 by University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center Senior Research Scientist Robert D. -
Solving the Freight Rail Transportation Bottleneck
Publication -Policy Studies -This Heartland Policy Study by transportation expert Wendell Cox describes how to prevent a freight rail bottleneck in the U.S. -
No. 2 Private Sector Participation in Chicago Mass Transit
Publication -Policy Studies -This study explores some of the implications of private transportation firms competing in markets traditionally served only by a government monopoly.