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Inflation

There Are Many Problems With Democrats' Plan for a Federal Gas Tax Holiday

A federal gasoline tax holiday would undermine the user fee system for funding highways and could worsen inflation.

Eric Boehm | 2.16.2022 2:40 PM

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Transportation Policy

Last Year's 'Staggering Increase in Traffic Fatalities' Reflects Increased Driving After a Pandemic-Related Drop

While the fatality rate rose substantially in 2020, it remained essentially the same in 2021.

Jacob Sullum | 2.2.2022 3:40 PM

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Property Rights

Private Property Rights Made the First Thanksgiving Possible

Something to be grateful for.

John Stossel | 11.24.2021 4:26 PM

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Government Spending

The $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Spends a Lot More Money on the Same Old Highway Programs

Virginia spends around $35,000 per mile of state-controlled road. In New Jersey, it's $1.1 million. Both states are about to get a lot more federal funding.

Christian Britschgi | 11.18.2021 5:25 PM

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Transportation Policy

It's Not Always a Bad Idea to Expand a Highway

Critics of adding road capacity ignore its benefits while proposing solutions that won't fix traffic congestion.

Christian Britschgi | 10.26.2021 3:15 PM

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Roads

The One Silver Lining in the Deficit-Funded, Red-Tape-Filled Infrastructure Bill

The bill working its way through Congress would create a national pilot program to study replacing the gas tax with a mileage-based user fee.

Christian Britschgi | 8.9.2021 4:15 PM

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Congress

Highways and Bridges Are Not Crumbling

Washington isn’t helping, so let states take the lead.

Robert Krol | 8.5.2021 12:00 PM

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Government Spending

Republicans and Democrats Endorse Concept, but Gloss Over Details, of Funding Infrastructure With User Fees

A federal mileage-based user fee is still years away, and there's very little political support for a federal gas tax hike.

Christian Britschgi | 5.14.2021 2:50 PM

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Regulation

Why Can't You Buy a Starbucks on the Interstate?

In 1960, Congress forbid service plazas on the new Interstate highways. It’s time for that to change.

Robert Poole | 4.9.2021 5:38 PM

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Civil Liberties

Biden Administration Deploys the Civil Rights Act To Stop a $7 Billion Highway Project in Houston

The Federal Highway Administration is asking Texas officials to hit pause on a massive highway widening project while it examines whether it violates Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Christian Britschgi | 4.6.2021 1:00 PM

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Government Spending

The Incoming Biden Administration Raises the Possibility of More Infrastructure Weeks and More Infrastructure Spending

More spending doesn't necessarily mean better results.

Christian Britschgi | 11.19.2020 3:00 PM

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California

In the Middle of a Severe Recession, California Prepares To Raise Its Gas Tax to 50 Cents a Gallon

The Golden State has the highest gas tax in the nation, and one of its worst-performing highway systems.

Christian Britschgi | 6.15.2020 1:15 PM

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Transportation Policy

House Democrats' $500 Billion Transportation Overhaul Would Require Doubling the Federal Gas Tax

Senate Republicans have proposed a far more modest reauthorization of federal surface transportation spending programs that are set to expire in September.

Christian Britschgi | 6.9.2020 8:00 AM

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Transportation Policy

Did Subway Riders or Motorists Do More To Spread COVID-19 in New York City?

Transit wonks are debating which mode of transportation was most responsible for the country's worst COVID-19 outbreak.

Christian Britschgi | 4.22.2020 2:15 PM

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Government Spending

House Democrats' $760 Billion Infrastructure Proposal Has Lots of Funding Proposals, Few Proposed Funding Sources

The "Moving Forward Framework" includes some sensible reforms alongside expensive, dubious policy proposals.

Christian Britschgi | 1.29.2020 3:15 PM

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HomePage

Would Building Speed-Limit-Free Highway Lanes Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

One California legislator wants to combat global warming with more roadways.

Christian Britschgi | 2.25.2019 2:05 PM

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HomePage

Rural America Needs Road Infrastructure Investment the Least

But Trump's infrastructure plan will give it to them anyway.

Christian Britschgi | 2.8.2018 3:35 PM

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HomePage

Leaked Copy of Trump's Infrastructure Plan Reveals Emphasis on Private Investment

The document gives us the most detailed take yet on the administration's $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

Christian Britschgi | 1.23.2018 11:30 AM

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Hit & Run

Ku Klux Klan Can Go Forward with Free Speech Lawsuit, Says Georgia Supreme Court

The group's application to participate in an "Adopt-A-Highway" program was initially denied.

Alex Thomas | 7.6.2016 2:46 PM

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Hit & Run

Government Roadblock: Feds Should Just Get Out of the Way of Self-Driving Vehicles

"All government needs to do for the next transportation revolution [is to] get out of the road."

Ronald Bailey | 1.20.2016 9:15 AM

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Policy

How to Fix Southern California's Traffic Problems

The Reason Foundation releases its Southern California mobility plan.

Matt Welch and Justin Monticello | 11.20.2015 9:30 AM

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