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Save to My PortfolioTransportation and the Economy

Mary Peters, Robert Puentes, Clifford Winston and Jason Bordoff, April 28, 2008

The nation’s transportation network is critical to America's commerce and our way of life. Population shifts, congestion and infrastructure all challenge its efficiency. The Brookings Institution’s Opportunity 08 project examined the issue of transportation in America in a forum featuring U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and a panel of Brookings experts.

Transportation, Infrastructure, Airline Industry, Traffic, Highways

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Save to My PortfolioTransportation and the Economy

Monday, April 28, 2008
Washington, DC

Ralph AlswangOpportunity 08 hosted U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters for a discussion of America's transportation infrastructure. Secretary Peters focused on the challenges facing the nation’s transportation network, and how local, state and national leaders can take advantage of new technology and approaches to unleash a new wave of transportation investments in this country. Read More

Transportation, Infrastructure, Airline Industry, Traffic, Highways

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Save to My PortfolioPay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance: A Simple Way to Reduce Driving-Related Harms and Increase Equity

Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel, April 17, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Insurance costs that vary with miles driven could lower those miles by 8 percent, a new Hamilton Project report finds, yielding social benefits of $51.5 billion from reduced congestion and accidents. The authors urge pay-as-you-drive auto insurance so that low-mileage drivers no longer subsidize high-mileage drivers. Read More

Transportation, Climate Change, Regulation, U.S. Economy, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPennsylvania Economic Revival Lies in its Metro Assets

Bruce Katz, Amy Liu and Steve Wray, April 14, 2008, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Save to My PortfolioMetropolitan Pennsylvania

Amy Liu, April 01, 2008

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioEasing the Traffic Jam through Congestion Pricing

Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAmerica’s Traffic Congestion Problem

David Lewis, April 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAn Economic Plan for the Commonwealth: Unleashing the Assets of Metropolitan Pennsylvania

Bruce Katz and Amy Liu, March 31, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance

Jason E. Bordoff, Spring 2008, Democracy Journal, Issue #8, Spring 2008

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCan Traffic Congestion Be Cured?

Anthony Downs, June 30, 2006, The Washington Post

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPeak-Hour Traffic Congestion

Anthony Downs, March 19, 2002, Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHow Real Are Transit Gains?

Anthony Downs, March 2002, Governing Magazine

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Future of U.S. Ground Transportation from 2000 to 2020

Anthony Downs, March 22, 2001, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

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Anthony Downs

Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Anthony Downs, a real estate finance expert, focuses his research on "smart growth," traffic congestion, and metropolitan policy.


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