Robert Poole

Robert W. Poole Jr., an MIT-trained engineer, is co-founder and director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation, where he has advised numerous federal and state transportation agencies. He is the author of Rethinking America's Highways (University of Chicago Press) and the Reason Foundation's 2024 study, "Reforming Environmental Litigation."

Latest from Robert Poole

Politics

Will We Get Serious About Aviation Security?

After $40 billion in spending, amateurs are still getting on planes with explosives.

Robert Poole | 12.29.2009 4:30 PM

Nanny State

A Transportation Project that Pays for Itself

Converting car pool lanes to toll lanes will reduce congestion and create jobs

Robert Poole and Shirley Ybarra | 8.17.2009 12:00 PM

Why the FAA Fails

The story behind Saturday's mid-air collision

Robert Poole | 8.11.2009 4:30 PM

Stimulus Shouldn't Be an Excuse for Pork

The nation's mayors have presented a revealing wish list to Washington.

Robert Poole | 12.12.2008 6:00 PM

Politics

Groovier and Groovier

Robert Poole | 11.1.2008 2:40 PM

Fly Away

Airport traffic fixed

Robert Poole and Benjamin Dachis | 3.1.2008 12:57 AM

Politics

William F. Buckley, Jr., RIP

Farewell to the man who created intellectual space for the libertarian movement

Robert Poole | 2.27.2008 4:30 PM

Policy

Life in the Slow Lane

The potential of a toll booth-free America

Robert Poole | 11.8.2007 7:38 AM

Nanny State

Show on the Road

Can private-public toll partnerships revolutionize the way we drive?

Robert Poole | 3.5.2007 11:43 AM

Politics

Transportation Security Aggravation

Debating the balance between privacy and safety in a post-9/11 aviation industry.

Robert Poole and Jim Harper | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Who's Getting Your Vote?

Reason's revealing presidential poll.

Peter Bagge, Ronald Bailey, John Perry Barlow, James Bovard, Stewart Brand, Drew Carey, Tim Cavanaugh, Steve Chapman, Brian Doherty, Richard A. Epstein, Charles Paul Freund, Glenn Garvin, Robert George, Nick Gillespie, Mike Godwin, Nat Hentoff, Robert Higgs, Penn Jillette, David Kopel, John McClaughry, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Wendy McElroy, Charles Murray, P.J. O'Rourke, Camille Paglia, Steven Pinker, John Pitney, Robert Poole, Jonathan Rauch, John Rennie, Glenn Reynolds, Louis Rossetto, Julian Sanchez, Jack Shafer, Michael Shermer, RU Sirius, Bradley Smith, Vernon L. Smith, Andrew Sullivan, Jacob Sullum, Jeff Taylor, Eugene Volokh, Jesse Walker, Jude Wanniski, Matt Welch, Robert Anton Wilson, and Cathy Young | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Yesterday's Tomorrows: 1968-1998

Books that got the future right--and wrong

Walter Anderson, Ronald Bailey, Gregory Benford, K. Drexler, Charles Paul Freund, Michael Fumento, Steven Hayward, Charles Murray, John V.C. Nye, Walter Olson, Randal O'Toole, John Pitney, Robert Poole, Virginia Postrel, Adam Powell III, John Reed, and Lynn Scarlett | 12.1.1998 12:00 AM

Barry Goldwater

In Memoriam: Barry Goldwater

Robert Poole | 8.1.1998 12:00 PM

Policy

Kill Amtrak Now!

Robert Poole | 11.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Inspecting the Inspectors

Robert Poole | 8.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Regulation: Safety on the Fly

Airline safety should be depoliticized.

Robert Poole | 10.1.1996 12:00 AM

Policy

Road Warrior

Robert Poole | 8.1.1996 12:00 AM

Politics

The Asset Test

A privatization agenda

Robert Poole | 2.1.1995 12:00 AM

Transportation: Sky Cops

There's a growing consensus that the FAA shouldn't be directing air traffic.

Robert Poole | 5.1.1994 12:00 PM

Plane Truth

Robert Poole | 1.1.1994 12:00 PM

Auto Mobility

Robert Poole | 2.1.1993 12:00 PM

What Should the President Read?

It's the day after the presidential election. The winning candidate asks you to recommend three books to read before inauguration. Only one may be more than 10 years old. What do you suggest-and why?

Doug Bandow, Robert Bartley, Clint Bolick, David Brudnoy, James Buchanan, Craig Collins, Steven Hayward, Thomas W. Hazlett, David R. Henderson, Rick Henderson, Karl Hess, John Hood, F. Iverson, Elizabeth Larson, Laura Main, Donald McCloskey, Michael McMenamin, Charles Murray, Charles Oliver, Robert Poole, Virginia Postrel, Jonathan Rauch, Jacob Sullum, and Martin Wooster | 12.1.1992 12:00 PM