Leaders Discuss Future Federal Role in Transportation
One session at The Institute of Transportation Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Atlanta focused on the new federal role in transportation under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century...
View ArticleGov. Brown's Pension Reform "Outline" Underwhelms
Governor Brown's pension reform "outline" is out. California is certainly in desperate need of pension reform. Heck that was true back in 2005 when Reason called out the crisis before anyone was...
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Transforming Education at the Local Level: Douglas County Leading the Way
Innovators in Action 2012 Everybody’s talking about education reform and it’s easy to understand why. America’s education system is outdated and broken. While national leaders opine on the subject, a...
View ArticleInnovators in Action: Transforming Education in Douglas County, Colorado
Everybody’s talking about education reform and it’s easy to understand why. America’s education system is outdated and broken. While national leaders opine on the subject, a groundbreaking...
View ArticleTo Avoid Massive Tax Hikes, Privatize State Lotteries
Real Clear Markets As states continue to grapple with ongoing fiscal pressures, some are beginning to explore an innovative new lottery privatization model with the hopes of increasing revenue. To the...
View ArticleLaHood Calls Silver Line a Model and Then Rips Agency Building the Line
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood praised the Silver Line heavy-rail transit project on Monday. Then on Tuesday LaHood castigated the agency building the project, Metro Washington Airports Authority...
View ArticleDon't Believe the Near-Term Housing Data...
RealClearMarkets Housing data showing rising prices released over the past week has inspired a chorus of cheers. "The housing market is beginning to find its footing again," exulted CNBC. "The free...
View ArticleTexas Transportation Institute Knows how to Measure Congestion
My friends atStreetsblog, upset with the MAP-21 highway bill that revoked the clause allowing entities to spend highway funds on transportation museums, are turning to the administrative rulemaking...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislature Mandates that "Public Service" Be Required for...
As Dan Walters reports in the Sacramento Bee:A third element would be required in the hiring and promotion of faculty members. It's called "service." The specifics of Assembly Bill 2132 appear to give...
View ArticleLocal Bus Service is not Bus-Rapid-Transit
At last month’s 5th national Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) conference one of the key topics focused on which types of bus services qualify as BRT. While most transit practitioners think that BRT service must...
View ArticleWhere BRT with Queue Jumpers Works: DeKalb County, GA
DeKalb County, Georgia features an excellent example of a Bus-Rapid-Transit (BRT) line with traffic signal priority and queue jump lanes. The partnership of DeKalb County, the Metropolitan Atlanta...
View ArticleContracting Transportation Services
A session at last month’s Institute of Transportation Conference and Exhibit titled Privatizing Government Agency Services featured how the private sector can provide excellent services at a much lower...
View ArticleImplementing Managed Lanes in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Innovators in Action 2012 As gridlock increases and funding shrinks, many state Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) are turning to priced managed lane...
View ArticleTortoises and BrightSource Are Costing Taxpayers Dearly
Victorville Daily Press Last year BrightSource Energy received a $1.6 billion taxpayer-backed loan guarantee. It's the same type of loan that failed solar panel company Solyndra received but couldn’t...
View ArticleUC Salaries and Administrators Grow Rapidly Despite Huge Budget Shortfalls
Even as California suffers through huge ongoing budget deficits and raises tuition at UC campuses across the state, the Orange County Registerfinds that salaries in the UC system have climbed by 29...
View ArticleSix Finalists For 2012 Bastiat Prize Are Named
After receiving hundreds of entries from 34 countries, Reason Foundation is pleased to announce the six finalists for the 2012 Bastiat Prize, which honors the writers who best explain the importance of...
View ArticleSix Finalists for 2012 Bastiat Prize Announced
After receiving hundreds of entries from 34 countries, Reason Foundation is pleased to announce the six finalists for the 2012 Bastiat Prize, which honors the writers who best explain the importance of...
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Presidential Debates Should Include Budget Plan Truth
Ahead of the Curve, Issue No. 10 There is a false dichotomy present in the presidential race. Before the arena lights finally went out at the Democrat National Convention last week, pundits were...
View ArticleReason Foundation Files Amicus Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Hear Horne...
Filed by the Reason Foundation, Cato Institute, National Federation of Independent Business, and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence:Amici, described in Appendix A, are advocates for individual...
View ArticleHow Quantitative Easing Helps the Rich and Soaks the Rest of Us
Reason.com The decision is in: Unlimited quantitative easing. That was the announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee this afternoon, launching a third round of purchases of securities in a...
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