http://www.heritage.org/static/rss/transportation.xmlTransportation - The Heritage Foundationen-US© Copyright 2013info@heritage.orgRSS Generator {43EB1F38-37C0-40BF-BDED-8A49458E6147}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/05/eight-questions-for-transportation-secretary-nominee-anthony-foxxEmily Goff, Emily GoffTransportation Secretary nominee Anthony Foxx could break with transportation policies that revolve around special-interest politics.Mon, 20 May 2013 09:24:00 -0400{ED26D46D-928D-4F87-8BA2-F33B801560A6}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/04/highway-trust-fund-needs-to-be-reprioritized-to-improve-mobilityEmily Goff, Emily GoffReforming the Highway Trust Fund would help lawmakers get the most value out of limited transportation resources.Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:02:00 -0400{7A1E06DA-81D5-4AF3-887B-5A35BED8757B}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/03/virginia-and-maryland-s-transportation-plans-fuel-tax-hikes-not-mobilityEmily Goff, Emily GoffVirginia and Maryland plan to impose massive tax hikes on motorists and taxpayers, but they fail to address wasteful deployment of resources.Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400{23EF5B4B-0F14-4192-B849-D7AA8BDCF9ED}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/03/transportation-and-infrastructure-policy-more-state-and-less-federal-controlEmily Goff, Emily GoffExperience with the federal highway program has shown why more state—and less federal—control would be a more efficient strategy.Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:16:00 -0400{3E7B903F-FA1E-45FB-8007-E3CE1D5254BA}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/01/transit-policy-in-an-era-of-the-shrinking-federal-dollarWendell Cox, Wendell CoxThroughout the life of the federal transit program, traffic congestion has gotten worse, and transit is unable to provide practical mobility to jobs throughout the metropolitan area to low-income citizens.Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:12:00 -0500{6ED08F21-13E2-4404-97C3-3E57D24B3187}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/06/transportation-conference-bill-some-good-reforms-but-too-much-spendingEmily Goff, Alison Acosta Fraser, Emily Goff, Alison Acosta FraserAlthough the transportation bill has some positive reforms, it fails to correct the fundamental problems with transportation funding.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:52:00 -0400{1E852178-4639-444B-9A7A-FB0B0E5FDBB3}http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/2012/05/obamas-planned-disarming-of-commercial-airline-pilots-a-mistakeLieutenant Colonel Al Aitken, (U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.), Lieutenant Colonel Al AitkenThe Obama Administration has had an institutional hostility toward the concept of arming pilots—and specifically the Federal Flight Deck Officer program—since the very beginning. The President’s fiscal year 2013 budget slashes the FFDO in half, and the Transportation Security Administration has resisted the program from the beginning. Retired U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Al Aitken discusses the history and effectiveness of the Armed Pilot program established in December 2002.Thu, 31 May 2012 15:29:00 -0400{A8F4798A-622B-4922-93F9-7ACF539446A1}http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2012/05/back-off-truckersJames L. Gattuso, James GattusoAmerica’s truckers are known for their independence, often driving alone in their rigs from one end of the country to the other. Now Congress wants to give them company in the form of an electronic “big brother.”Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400{3BDF4054-C29F-404C-B331-CB552CDB88A7}http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2012/05/state-cant-afford-free-rail-moneyEmily Goff, Emily GoffWhat do $16 billion and $68.4 billion have in common, other than the fact that each of these figures dwarfs JPMorgan Chase's recent loss? The former is how deep in the red the California state budget sits currently. The latter is the latest in a series of roller-coasting cost estimates for the state's controversial high-speed rail (HSR) project, which is funded in part by the federal government.Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400{EF7BE0E7-C2BD-4885-ABD1-C64343D8157D}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/05/trucking-regulation-mandating-electronic-recorders-for-truckersJames L. Gattuso, James GattusoCongress wants to give truckers company in the form of an electronic "big brother."Tue, 08 May 2012 10:43:00 -0400{2B462E29-3191-49D8-925C-B3D89EDAEB68}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/04/pension-funding-issues-hidden-in-transportation-highway-billDavid C. John, David 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 13:05:00 -0400{B2AB52E1-F900-4693-B02F-FAF7A500CBBD}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/02/turn-back-transportation-to-the-statesRonald D. Utt, Ph.D., Ronald UttWasteful, 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/multimedia/audio/2012/02/scribecast-02-04-2012Robert Bluey, Lachlan Markay, Robert B. 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/research/reports/2012/02/transportation-program-reauthorization-another-big-spending-problemAlison Acosta Fraser, Alison 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/research/commentary/2011/12/infrastructure-crisis-is-about-socialismRonald D. Utt, Ph.D., Ronald UttWe 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/research/reports/2011/11/obama-administration-retreats-from-effort-to-deter-ohio-turnpike-privatizationRonald D. Utt, Ph.D., Ronald UttTransportation 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/research/reports/2011/11/next-highway-reauthorization-bill-and-transportation-enhancement-programRonald D. Utt, Ph.D., Ronald UttNew 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/research/testimony/2011/10/the-limited-beneftis-of-a-national-infrastructure-bankRonald D. Utt, Ph.D., Ronald UttRecently, 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 00:00:00 -0400{179582CE-60F4-49AC-B1DD-BCDF59E46D4A}http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2011/10/a-new-amtrak-station-is-a-waste-of-moneyRonald D. Utt, Ph.D., Ronald UttIn 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 00:00:00 -0400{20A18D29-14B0-4274-B6CC-BAF0582B1EE9}http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/09/congress-should-halt-faa-plan-to-destroy-the-privacy-of-noncommercial-flightsDavid S. Addington, David 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 15:00:00 -0400