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Oct 23, 2026
That’s a pretty ambitious claim, so bear with me as I explain.
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Sep 10, 2026
U.S. Transportation Policy Review
Jun 17, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
For anyone interested in details about managed lanes financed by revenue bonds, the annual review of this topic by Fitch Ratings is a uniquely valuable resource.
Mar 27, 2026
One of the most important transportation policy reports I’ve ever read is the recently-released “Last Exit: Options for Fixing the Highway Trust Fund While Solvency is Still Solvable.”
Feb 25, 2026
Jan 28, 2026
Dec 19, 2025
For surface transportation, federal funding needs to start on a downward path.
Nov 20, 2025
There are many important transfers of risk from states to the project company in P3s.
Oct 29, 2025
Elected officials (state and federal) are all over the map on how to replace fuel taxes.
Sep 26, 2025
In Europe 75% of passengers use privatized airports. In Latin America the figure is 66%, and in the Asia-Pacific region it’s 47%. Here in the USA, the figure is 1%.
Jul 30, 2025
From its creation in 1956 until 2008, the Highway Trust Fund was self-supporting—meaning, the spending it authorized each year was covered by the federal highway user-tax revenues collected.
Jun 26, 2025
Given the advanced age of most of America’s Interstate highways, it was inevitable that one state would eventually volunteer to be the first-mover on toll-financed Interstate reconstruction. Indiana has now stepped forward.
May 28, 2025
Apr 28, 2025
It’s time to re-examine claims that highway expansion is futile.
Mar 27, 2025
Congress faces the need to reauthorize the federal surface transportation program in 2026, and discussions are already beginning.
New York Congestion Pricing
Feb 26, 2025
Instead of figuring out what sort of charges would most effectively reduce congestion within the cordon zone, the program is designed around raising additional funding for the transit agency.
Jan 29, 2025
January’s Congressional Budget Office forecast expects annual federal deficits over the next 10 years that total $21.1 trillion.
