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Keeping Tennessee Auto and Advanced Industries Competitive

October 4, 2013, Mark Muro

On the Performance of the U.S. Transportation System: Caution Ahead

September 26, 2013, Clifford Winston

Typically, we're a nation of mobility. We have one of the highest migration rates in the world, and it's been very important to keep our economy fueled.

August 29, 2013, William H. Frey, MSN Money

The 10 Traits of Globally Fluent Metro Areas: International Connections in a Global Era

August 9, 2013, Adie Tomer

Rebuilding and Reinvesting in Infrastructure in an Age of Fiscal Constraint

July 24, 2013, Robert Puentes

Can-Do States: A New Era for Infrastructure Investment

July 12, 2013

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The Critical Infrastructure Gap: U.S. Port Facilities and Cyber Vulnerabilities

July 3, 2013, Joseph Kramek

Another Funeral for the Midsize Airline Hub

June 7, 2013, Adie Tomer

Strengthening the Federal/State Partnership on Passenger Rail

May 21, 2013, Robert Puentes

[Amtrak] is not the same organization it was a few years ago, still hoping and relying on federal handouts, limping from appropriation to appropriation. Even though Washington is mired in debt and dysfunction, Amtrak is reinventing itself.

May 13, 2013, Robert Puentes, The Associated Press

How to Avoid Another FAA Fiasco

May 8, 2013, Clifford Winston

When budget cuts hit high-profile business travelers, you can get Congress to act.

April 30, 2013, Darrell M. West, Bloomberg

[Ray Lahood] brought a different perspective to Washington. He is a straight shooter, and I think he took transportation from the back of the political discussion to more of the forefront.

April 30, 2013, Robert Puentes, National Public Radio

GCI Atlanta Rountable: Atlanta from the Air

March 20, 2013, Adie Tomer

Flow Oil and Gas Revenues to Cleantech R&D: Common Ground on Energy?

March 18, 2013, Mark Muro

As a nation, we've got to figure out better, more long-term ways, more sustainable ways, to fund needed transportation projects without having to rely on this annual uncertainty which seems to be the norm instead of the exception now.

March 14, 2013, Robert Puentes, WAMU

Expand State Partnerships for Passenger Rail

March 13, 2013, Robert Puentes and Joseph Kane

15 years ago in this country, we thought that [telecommuting] was the death of distance and that it was just going to ruin cities and we didn't see that at all. We see that people really do benefit from face-to-face conversations. Face-to-face conversations are going to be critical for many, many metropolitan jobs. There are many jobs that will require you to be face-to-face. Telecommuting does have a role [but] it's not going to solve all of our problems.

March 10, 2013, Robert Puentes, WTOP Washington

New Partnerships for American Rail

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes

The places we see Amtrak being competitive, running effective and efficient service, are in those places where the state already has some skin in the game. These are places where Amtrak is treated not as a big federal bureaucracy that's coming in but is actually part and parcel of the transportation plan.

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, USA Today

In order for metropolitan areas to compete, they have to be able to provide several different options for people in how they get around, for how business leaders are going to connect with other business leaders in different metropolitan areas and then how these regions are going to grow in the future. We are seeing continued congestion on the roadways, perhaps deterioration of the roadways in some cases, frustration with the airlines and looking at Amtrak as a potential alternative to some of the other modes.

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, Minnesota Public Radio

A New Alignment: Strengthening America's Commitment to Passenger Rail

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

[Amtrak is] too often considered a big, bloated bureaucracy that depends heavily on federal subsidies and is no longer relevant to the technologically oriented metropolitan economies of today.

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, CNN

Have Americans Hit Peak Travel? A Discussion of the Changes in US Driving Habits

February 28, 2013, Robert Puentes

Funding Transportation Infrastructure with User Fees

February 26, 2013, Jack Basso and Tyler Duvall