Transportation
Wednesday, January 16, 2008Another form of Neglected TransportationFiled As: TransportationAs it turns out, roads aren't the only things that governments are neglecting. The Evergreen Freedom Foundation says that the ferries that serve the Puget Sound metroplex are 80-year old Titanics. These boats are of no little ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008Hawii Needs More RoadsFiled As: TransportationThe Grassroot Institute of Hawaii points out that road capacity in the state has not kept up with population growth. That's likely the case in other states, especially where transportation ... more »»
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007Big Dig, Big MoneyFiled As: TransportationThe end of 2007 also brings an end to the project informally known as the Big Dig. At $14.8 billion , the reconfiguration of a central corridor through Boston has ended up nearly 5 times its original cost estimate. On the ... more »»
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Monday, December 24, 2007Real ID: Just Say NoFiled As: TransportationThe beauty of the American founding is that it dispersed government power between a national government and state governments, as well as within each government. Over time that balance has become disturbed, with the national government taking on more and more roles previously reserved for states ... more »»
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Thursday, January 3, 2008High Gas Prices Require Smarter Decisions on SpendingFiled As: Budget and Tax, TransportationAs the price of oil hits $100 a barrel, Ron Williamson of the Great Plains Public Policy Institute says that it's time for South Dakota to be careful about the way it spends gas tax receipts:
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Monday, December 17, 2007Feds Reject I-80 Shell GameFiled As: TransportationDon't blame the Commonwealth Foundation if it says "See, I told you so." The foundation had suggested that Pennsylvania lease out the state's turnpike, operated by a state entity, to a commercial venture, and then use the lease proceeds to fix up roads and bridges. Instead ... more »»
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007Union Strikes + Monopoly = Expensive TransitFiled As: TransportationThe Allegheny Institute reports that the mass transit systems in western Pennsylvania is costlier and less reliable than it should be. One reason is that it's a government-owned entity. That situation is compounded by a policy that does not prohibit ... more »»
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Thursday, December 6, 2007I Think That I Shall Never See ...A digital billboard like a tree Filed As: TransportationStateline.org has a story on the controversy over digital billboards--those signs with commercial messages that rotate from one advertiser to another. So far it's a tempest in a teapot, with only 700 out of 450,000 billboards ... more »»
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007Reshaping Public TransitIllinois Policy Institute on CTA Filed As: TransportationPoliticians inside and outside the Chicago Transit Authority say the CTA needs more taxpayer money. The Chicago Tribune's Dennis Byrne says that it needs more money--from its ... more »»
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007$21 Billion in Unmet Needs?Filed As: Environment, TransportationAtlanta, a major transportation hub in the Southeast, will have $21 billion in unmet needs over the next 25 years. At least that's the analysis of one organization. But the Georgia Public Policy Foundation asks a simple question: Are all those stated needs really needs? One of the ... more »» |
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