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Trains in Vain: The Uncertain Outlook for Public Transit After COVID-19
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Should Drivers and Taxpayers Spend More for I-66 Express Lanes to Extend the Orange Line?
Tracy Miller writes on an $11 billion proposal in Northern Virginia to extend the DC Metro's Orange Line into Fairfax County
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Shuster's Highway Funding Plan Would Boost Taxes Now, for Transportation Tax Reform Later
Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., has suggested an interested solution to America's continued infrastructural problems. The bill would
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Money Doesn't Guarantee Infrastructure Success
Regulations are often the barrier to new projects, not political will or funding.
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Should Infrastructure Spending Be State, Local or Federal?
With the Trump administration's proposal to add $200 billion of federal funding for transportation projects over the next decade
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Want to Rebuild Highways and Reduce Congestion? Pay the Toll
President Trump’s long-awaited infrastructure plan was released this week. The administration wants “to maximize investment in
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How Congestion Pricing Influences Equity
Traffic congestion is a major problem in the United States. A recent study estimated the cost of United States highway
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Florida, High-Speed Rail, and the Perils of Policymaking by Constitution
State constitutions can affect fiscal policy either by acting as fiscal restraints that limit the scope of government or by
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Feds Consider Reducing Highway Funding to States
Shifting greater funding responsibilities to state and local governments would improve transportation decision making.
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Federal Highway Funding Needs to Change
President Trump has called for a $1 trillion expansion of infrastructure spending in the United States. While the details of the
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Infrastructure Spending Must Justify Itself
Infrastructure spending is worthwhile only if we need the infrastructure.
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How Highway Tolls Can Make US Infrastructure Great Again
You’d be forgiven for missing the White House’s “infrastructure week” earlier this month. It was full of speeches and splashy
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The Right Way to Boost Infrastructure Spending
As part of its "Infrastructure Week," the Trump administration is holding infrastructure-themed events around the country this
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Improving Funding and Management of Surface Transportation Infrastructure
President Trump and others have argued that the United States faces a crisis in infrastructure, including transportation
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Addressing Concerns with Congestion Pricing
Congestion pricing, a variable toll that highway users pay based on the volume of traffic, offers a solution to the
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Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University presents a discussion of transportation infrastructure policy in the United
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Problems with Washington’s Role in Transportation Funding
President Trump and Congress seem poised to boost spending on highways, bridges, and mass transit. Yet if this increase in
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Should the Federal Government Spend More on Transportation Infrastructure?
The Trump administration and Congress are now discussing several proposals to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Key Senate
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Infrastructure Policy: Four Lessons from Freight Rail Deregulation
Policy discussions about infrastructure, which includes roads, bridges, airports, and railways, often presume that major
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Repackaging Questionable State-Level Infrastructure Projects as Federal Projects
President Trump and Senate Democrats have been touting the idea of increased infrastructure spending on airports, highways, mass