The problem arises from the failure of airports to properly price access to runways. Instead of having to pay an economically meaningful amount of money to use a congested airport during its busiest hours, companies pay an arbitrary fee based on how much their airplane weighs.
A new study from the Reason Foundation, the organization that publishes this magazine, proposes a solution: market-based congestion pricing. The study argues that prices for runway use that vary by time period, rather than aircraft size or weight, would significantly reduce delays, spread out peak demand to make better use of airport capacity, and encourage the use of larger planes on some routes. These changes, the study says, would reduce congestion and delays while allowing the same number of passengers to fly to their destinations every day.
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]]>This discussion at the Wall Street Journal shows how antiquated and socialistic the air traffic control system in the U.S. is.
The Reason Foundation has been drilling away at the issue of air traffic control modernization for years.
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]]>As Reason has argued before (here, here, and here), the consequences of these subsidies are devastating. Let's hope this movie will show these subsidies for what they really are and not get too caught up in fears of genetically modified corn (which on balance has saved millions of lives).
(King Corn screenings in your area.)
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]]>Check out Reason's education resources here and here.
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]]>Wondering what a drive along a managed lane is like? This is a fairly new idea in transportation planning but with a very promising future. Managed lanes are toll lanes alongside free lanes on highways where commuters can choose to pay to use them. The key point of these lanes is choice: you can choose to travel on the cheap if you are willing to deal with traffic, but if you need to be somewhere quick you can pay. Click here for a list of similar projects across the country and here for Reason's work on this topic. Take a look to see how much time you could possibly save if your commute had such a highway. More about SR-91.
(As for this clip's happy ending: I don't think managed lanes will lead to your kids taking your bags out of your car when you get home. It's a highway, not a miracle worker.)
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