http://www.heritage.org/static/rss/transportation.xmlTransportation - The Heritage Foundationen-US© Copyright 2012info@heritage.orgRSS Generator {EF7BE0E7-C2BD-4885-ABD1-C64343D8157D}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/05/trucking-regulation-mandating-electronic-recorders-for-truckersJames GattusoCongress wants to give truckers company in the form of an electronic "big brother."Tue, 08 May 2012 11:43:00 -0400{2B462E29-3191-49D8-925C-B3D89EDAEB68}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/04/pension-funding-issues-hidden-in-transportation-highway-billDavid JohnPension funding issues hidden in a transportation funding bill could cause an even greater taxpayer bailout of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:05:00 -0400{B2AB52E1-F900-4693-B02F-FAF7A500CBBD}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/02/turn-back-transportation-to-the-statesRonald Utt, Ph.D.Wasteful, inequitable, and bristling with burdensome regulations, the Federal Highway Program is in dire need of reform. Turning back control of funds to the states would relieve many of the problems facing the federal transportation program.Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500{BD902C38-96F4-408F-8A36-C15E7C8F7961}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/multimedia/audio/2012/02/scribecast-02-04-2012Robert Bluey, Lachlan MarkayRob Bluey and Lachlan Markay interview Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza about the company’s opposition to new regulations from the Department of Transportation.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:24:00 -0500{6D1476C7-B360-4E07-B591-E24BBC89E23D}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2012/02/transportation-program-reauthorization-another-big-spending-problemAlison Acosta FraserCongress should eliminate wasteful transportation programs and reduce spending.Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:06:00 -0500{377D9E2F-5CB4-4D17-8AE3-F3C3393D605D}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/12/infrastructure-crisis-is-about-socialismRonald Utt, Ph.D.We constantly hear that America has an infrastructure crisis and that calamity will result if we don't address it. Inevitably the solution involves the investment of vast sums of taxpayer money. Not surprisingly, most estimates of how extensive the crisis is, and how much it will cost to fix, come from what Washington euphemistically calls "stakeholders": the trade associations whose members would benefit financially from the prescribed remedy.Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500{39A9C6C0-A473-4099-A558-4FE8EED2B9BB}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/11/obama-administration-retreats-from-effort-to-deter-ohio-turnpike-privatizationRonald Utt, Ph.D.Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood should explain to Congress his new ideological, anti-private-sector transportation policies.Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:58:00 -0500{62A88144-E3A3-4282-B0DF-21BA4D57F2A1}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/11/next-highway-reauthorization-bill-and-transportation-enhancement-programRonald Utt, Ph.D.New proposals are a first step toward improving the Transportation Enhancement Program, but it would be better to eliminate it. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:04:00 -0500{D6ADCCC9-D075-4427-9712-E36127EAED3B}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/testimony/2011/10/the-limited-beneftis-of-a-national-infrastructure-bankRonald Utt, Ph.D.Recently, congressional focus has shifted to a federal infrastructure bank or a related financing facility, and several bills have been introduced in Congress to create such an entity. Added to the many congressional initiatives are the several plans that President Barack Obama has proposed since taking office.Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{179582CE-60F4-49AC-B1DD-BCDF59E46D4A}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/10/a-new-amtrak-station-is-a-waste-of-moneyRonald Utt, Ph.D.In its request for substantial sums of taxpayer money to move and rebuild Amtrak’s Atlanta train station, the railroad notes that its Atlanta passengers have increased by 16 percent over the past year. But since no more than an average of 308 passengers get on or off the two Amtrak trains that serve the station each day, the city and state have better things to do than spend $38 million to accommodate an additional 42 daily passengers who are already heavily subsidized by federal taxpayers.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400{20A18D29-14B0-4274-B6CC-BAF0582B1EE9}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/09/congress-should-halt-faa-plan-to-destroy-the-privacy-of-noncommercial-flightsDavid AddingtonThe FAA should not require America’s private aircraft owners and operators to sacrifice their privacy as a condition of flying in America’s airspace.Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:00:00 -0400{90E38789-8E8B-45BD-B756-162CC2F81695}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/09/infrastructure-bank-doomed-to-failRonald Utt, Ph.D.President Obama remains enamored of an “infrastructure bank,” an idea flogged, in one shape or another, for several years now.Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400{1E2D0B9C-AA3D-4C7F-B19A-CF13A3FF4698}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/09/high-speed-rail-stealth-budget-plans-to-keep-the-program-aliveRonald Utt, Ph.D.The Obama Administration’s loans for passenger rail programs will put taxpayers on the hook for multi-billion-dollar losses.Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:54:00 -0400{FA2BCF6F-B28D-4D8E-8378-6729DE19BB2A}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/08/using-infrastructure-banks-to-spur-economic-recoveryRonald Utt, Ph.D.An infrastructure bank—which the President could bring up again—would do little to spur the economic recovery and nothing to create new jobs. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:25:00 -0400{5501C7A4-069F-41E9-9A3F-C83F8B0B3B91}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/07/improving-transit-with-competitive-contractingWendell Cox, Ronald Utt, Ph.D.If public transportation is to remain viable, it must completely rethink the way it operates.Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:25:00 -0400{C30FEF1C-AD98-4455-AC85-DC5E5B826C00}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/07/federal-highway-transportation-program-why-states-should-opt-outRonald Utt, Ph.D.Allowing states to opt out of federal highway funds would give them maximum flexibility to avoid federal constraints and serve their states’ needs. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:54:00 -0400{F4E64328-76B8-40DB-BC0D-DA4BB975D900}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/commentary/2011/06/micas-idea-to-privatize-amtrak-a-good-first-stepRonald Utt, Ph.D.If Rep. John L. Mica of Florida gets his way, passenger rail in America will no longer be in the death grip of the Federal Railroad Administration, Congress, rail unions and Amtrak management.Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400{5FBE07DD-F6CB-42BC-BE71-F59192E4EEE5}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/06/amtrak-privatization-proposal-to-reform-passenger-rail-serviceRonald Utt, Ph.D.Amtrak should have to compete with the private sector in a bidding process to service America’s rail lines, as it does in several states.Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:05:00 -0400{155C194B-8A44-451E-980B-CD9368EDC63B}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/06/using-market-processes-to-reform-government-transportation-programs-report-no-1Ronald Utt, Ph.D.The transportation system has never had a shortage of privately provided vehicles, but it does have a shortage of publicly funded infrastructure.Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:49:00 -0400{D57CEE9C-88F9-4D37-B155-57921BF8E00D}http://www.heritage.org/sitecore/content/home/research/reports/2011/05/saving-the-american-dream-the-heritage-plan-to-fix-the-debt-cut-spending-and-restore-prosperityStuart Butler, Ph.D., Alison Acosta Fraser, William BeachSaving the American Dream is The Heritage Foundation’s plan to fix the debt, cut spending and, above all, restore prosperity. It balances the nation’s budget within a decade—and keeps it balanced. It reduces the debt and cuts government in half. It eliminates government-mandated health care and fully funds our national defense. It squarely confronts Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, the three so-called entitlement programs, which together account for 43 percent of federal spending today.Tue, 10 May 2011 19:19:00 -0400