Category Archives: Transportation

Are Long-Term Highway Leases Unfair to Future Generations?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by matt ohern

(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, Bob Poole’s monthly publication by the Reason Foundation. )  There’s been a lot of discussion in some transportation circles about a paper in the November 2012 issue of Public Administration Review: “The … Continue reading →

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Three New Toll Projects Open to Traffic — Two in Virginia

Posted on November 29, 2012 by matt ohern

 (This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a monthly newsletter published by the Reason Foundation). This autumn marks the debut of three investor-financed toll projects, with the opening to traffic of the Jordan Bridge in Virginia, the I-495 express … Continue reading →

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The Case for Port Privatization — Part II

Posted on November 29, 2012 by matt ohern

(Part I of this article ran in the last issue of the Jefferson Policy Journal, November 17, 2012 click here). Privatization would be one way to describe APM Terminal’s proposal to unify Virginia’s ports, but that misses the larger point, … Continue reading →

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A Case for Port Privatization — Part I

Posted on November 17, 2012 by matt ohern

Privately owned APM Terminals provides Virginia’s ports something that the state cannot: super-efficient container yards and the ability to expand capacity without incurring $2 billion in debt. It’s easy to get crane envy when you’re in the port business. The … Continue reading →

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Virginia Shows How Not to Rebuild an Interstate with Tolls

Posted on October 19, 2012 by matt ohern

Regular readers know I have long argued that the best way to pay for the enormous cost of reconstructing and modernizing this country’s aging Interstate highway system is via what I call “value-added tolling.” That means only instituting tolling where … Continue reading →

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