Transportation
Friday, April 4, 2008Costly Transit that Also Destoys HomesFiled As: TransportationRail is the rage in transportation planning. But it's extracting a heavy cost on some people. John Caldara of the Independence Institute says "What proponents don’t want you to know is that the massive taxpayer-funded light rail system is also eco-unfriendly and ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008Save Money by Leasing? Nah, We'll Take DebtFiled As: TransportationWhich is a better public policy: lease the operation of an existing tollroad to a private company, or start tolls on another road AND raise taxes? That's the lawmakers in Pennsylvania have faced of late. The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives says that informed voters more »»
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Thursday, March 20, 2008Two Errors for the Price of OneColorado RTD Uses Eminent Domain to Expand Filed As: General, TransportationIn Colorado, you can get two errors for the price of one--though at a very steep price. Writing for the Independence Institute, Kate Melvin says the RTD, a Denver-area transit authority, is abusing its power of eminent domain. The problem is not RTD creating ... more »»
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Monday, March 10, 2008Don't Worry; We Still have Government-Favored AirlinesFiled As: TransportationIf you read anything about the air travel, you may have heard of SkyBus, which is at least practices truth-in-advertising: cheap fares in exchange for being treated like a bus passenger. But David Hansen, president of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, pointed me to the dirty little ... more »»
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Thursday, March 6, 2008Paving the Road with PartnershipsFiled As: TransportationFuel efficiency is up, meaning that taxes to support road maintenance and construction may not be able to keep up with the needs of a growing and prospering society. The Show-Me Institute suggests in a new report that ... more »»
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Monday, January 28, 2008Crumbling America?Filed As: TransportationStateline.org is running an article titled "State of the Union-Crumbling." It has a lot of interesting numbers, but some misguided analysis. First the numbers:
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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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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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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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