Category Archives: Transportation

Price Caps Are Hurting Managed Lane Performance

Posted on February 20, 2019 by matt ohern

Priced managed lanes provide drivers with an option to bypass congestion for a small fee. The key to ensuring uncongested travel is raising or lowering the variable toll to ensure the managed lane operates at a level of service D … Continue reading →

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Richard Florida’s Case for Devolution

Posted on February 20, 2019 by matt ohern

For several decades, some policy analysts on the center/right have advocated a more-robust 21st century version of federalism, under which there would be something of a return to the founding fathers’ vision in which the federal government focused on a … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Customer Service in P3 Toll Projects

Posted on February 7, 2019 by matt ohern

(Editor’s Note: With public-private partnerships and tolling all under consideration for improving I-81, extending I-495 to Maryland, and extending I-95 south to Fredericksburg, Mr. Feigenbaum’s commentary is especially timely) Using a public-private partnership (P3) to design, build, finance, operate, and … Continue reading →

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Virginia’s Flawed Plan for I-81 Modernization

Posted on December 12, 2018 by matt ohern

Late to the party to rebuild and modernize its Interstates, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has developed a toll-based plan to improve I-81, a major north-south truck route. Understandably, the state wants to lay out a vision that can … Continue reading →

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What Kind of Infrastructure Bill Might Pass a Divided Congress?

Posted on November 28, 2018 by matt ohern

In the wake of the November 6th election results, there is renewed talk of a national infrastructure bill. The day after the election, likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) announced that major infrastructure legislation will be high on the … Continue reading →

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