Transportation Financings

• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Trains in Vain: The Uncertain Outlook for Public Transit After COVID-19

• • Robert Krol
• May 13, 2021

Biden is requesting $85 billion to fund public transit. Do cities actually need more trains and buses?

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Should Drivers and Taxpayers Spend More for I-66 Express Lanes to Extend the Orange Line?

• • Tracy C. Miller
• July 23, 2019

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Shuster's Highway Funding Plan Would Boost Taxes Now, for Transportation Tax Reform Later

• • Tracy C. Miller
• September 4, 2018

• | Regulation Regulation
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Money Doesn't Guarantee Infrastructure Success

• • Patrick McLaughlin
• February 26, 2018

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Should Infrastructure Spending Be State, Local or Federal?

• • Veronique de Rugy
• February 22, 2018

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Want to Rebuild Highways and Reduce Congestion? Pay the Toll

• • Robert Krol
• February 16, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

How Congestion Pricing Influences Equity

• • Robert Krol
• December 13, 2017

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Florida, High-Speed Rail, and the Perils of Policymaking by Constitution

• • David M. Primo
  • Jake Jares
• November 20, 2017

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Feds Consider Reducing Highway Funding to States

• • Robert Krol
• October 3, 2017

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Federal Highway Funding Needs to Change

• • Robert Krol
• August 23, 2017

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Infrastructure Spending Must Justify Itself

• • Tony Caporale
  • Marc Poitras
• July 27, 2017

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

How Highway Tolls Can Make US Infrastructure Great Again

• • Robert Krol
• June 20, 2017

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

The Right Way to Boost Infrastructure Spending

• • Veronique de Rugy
• June 8, 2017

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Research Papers Research Papers

Improving Funding and Management of Surface Transportation Infrastructure

• • Veronique de Rugy
  • Tracy C. Miller
• May 16, 2017

A Mercatus Policy Primer

• | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Addressing Concerns with Congestion Pricing

• • Tracy C. Miller
  • Michael Wilt
  • Ted Bolema
  • Thomas Savidge
• May 16, 2017

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Research Papers Research Papers

Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium

• May 16, 2017

• | Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium

Problems with Washington’s Role in Transportation Funding

• May 16, 2017

• | Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium

Should the Federal Government Spend More on Transportation Infrastructure?

• • Tracy C. Miller
• May 16, 2017

• | Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium

Infrastructure Policy: Four Lessons from Freight Rail Deregulation

• • Jerry Ellig
• May 16, 2017

• | Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium

Repackaging Questionable State-Level Infrastructure Projects as Federal Projects

• • Ted Bolema
• May 16, 2017