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Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012
Monday, February 14th, 2011Gateway Project: An Alternative to the ARC Tunnel Between New York and New Jersey
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
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Increased traffic and congestion into midtown Manhattan threatens the economy of northern New Jersey and New York City. The existing 100-year old rail tunnels into midtown Manhattan are already operating at capacity during rush hour, and ridership is expected to double in the next two decades. To address these immediate concerns following the cancellation of the ARC Tunnel project and with the encouragement of Senator Lautenberg, Amtrak expedited its plans to build new rail tunnels.
The President’s Unserious Proposal
Monday, January 31st, 2011Although some likened President Obama’s expansive vision to President Eisenhower’s historic call for a 42,000-mile Interstate Highway network, there is a vast difference between the two initiatives. The Interstate Highway proposal was backed by a reliable and steady revenue stream in the form of a federal gas tax. The high speed rail goal lacks a financial plan. It is not supported by a dedicated source of revenue that could maintain the program on a self-sustaining basis over a period of years.
View this complete post...What Lies Ahead for Transportation in the 112th Congress?
Monday, January 24th, 2011Congressional action on transportation this year, including the shape of the next surface transportation bill, will be inevitably influenced by the changed political geography of the 112th Congress. Not only will the level of funding for transportation be dictated by new, fiscally conservative House majority , but the program priorities will be influenced by a newly elected GOP representation that largely hails from small-town and suburban America.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Ethan Pollack, Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Ethan Pollack joined the Economic Policy Institute in July 2008. Prior to joining EPI, he worked at the Office of Management and Budget and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy. His areas of interest include public investment, fiscal policy, transportation, and budget and tax policy. His work has been used in numerous publications, and he has appeared as a guest on CNN, Fox News, BBC World News, Canada TV, Russia Today, and WNYC.
View this complete post...Why and How Florida’s High-Speed Rail Line Must be Built
Thursday, January 13th, 2011AMERICA 2050
This week, America 2050 released a report evaluating all potential high-speed rail corridors around the country on their ability to attract riders based on quantifiable regional characteristics, such as concentrations of jobs, population density, and rail transit networks…ome critics may seize on this evaluation to bolster their claims that Florida should not invest in a high-speed rail system. They are misinterpreting the point of our report, which identifies the most promising corridor in each region and points to ways to improve each project’s chances for success.
Skepticism About High-Speed Rail Is Growing
Thursday, January 13th, 2011“Spend first, answer questions later.” So concludes a critical editorial in the January 12 edition of the Washington Post, commenting on California’s proposed $43 billion High-Speed Rail program. The Post editorial, along with a January 11 article in the New York Times (both of which we reprint below), are emblematic of the increasingly skeptical press and public opinion concerning the fiscal and economic soundness of the Obama Administration’s high-speed rail initiative.
View this complete post...Infra Wishes for the New Year
Friday, December 31st, 2010
-Elected officials will recognize that clogged highways, chocked air space and inadequate public transit systems have no political party affiliation.
-Investments to refurbish and create new infrastructure projects will be viewed as an ideal and necessary way to spend our tax dollars.
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