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Save to My PortfolioAviation Infrastructure Performance

Clifford Winston and Gines de Rus, May 01, 2008

International transportation experts compare and contrast how different nations have managed their airports and air traffic control systems and how well they are meeting the needs of their people. Read More

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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.

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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

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Save to My PortfolioThe State of Airline Competition and Prospective Mergers

Clifford Winston and Steven A. Morrison, April 24, 2008, House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force

This fall the United States will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 and, Clifford Winston and Steven Morrison argue, the nation has reason to celebrate because airline deregulation has benefited both travelers and carriers. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioPlanning for Quality Schools: Meeting the Needs of District Families

David F. Garrison, Marni D. Allen, Margery Austin Turner, Jennifer Comey, Barika X. Williams, Elizabeth Guernsey, Mary Filardo, Nancy Huvendick and Ping Sung, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The District of Columbia is struggling to attract and retain families with children. Most newcomers are singles and childless couples. The total number of school-age children has declined slightly. Many of the city’s schools suffer from long-standing physical, management and academic problems. The availability of quality public schools, near affordable family-friendly housing, will help determine the city’s success. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioAirlines are Safer than Ever

Clifford Winston and Robert W. Crandall, April 19, 2008, The Wall Street Journal

Flights on U.S. airlines have never been more crowded, but despite recent reports, Clifford Winston and Robert Crandall argue, U.S. airlines have never been safer. Read More

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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

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Save to My PortfolioExtending Deregulation

Robert W. Crandall and Martha Raddatz, April 16, 2008

Extending DeregulationFew industries remain subject to classic economic regulation in the United States. Senior Fellow Robert Crandall says the next president should help remove some of the controls left on these industries in order to help promote economic expansion.

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Save to My PortfolioBeginning Again: A Metropolitan Transportation Vision for the 21st Century

Robert Puentes, April 09, 2008, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

During this time of economic uncertainty, environmental anxiety and household stress the nation must get the most out of its largest discretionary domestic program—transportation. In recent testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Robert Puentes recommends the federal government adopt a three-pronged strategy to lead in certain areas, empower states and metropolitan areas in others and maximize performance across the nation. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioNew Interactive Mapping Website Determines Housing & Transportation Affordability for Americans

Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Washington, DC

Brookings Urban Markets Initiative joined with the Center for Neighborhood Technology in a demonstration of their new interactive web tool that calculates the cost of housing and transportation by neighborhood in 52 metropolitan areas across the United States. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioAmerica’s Traffic Congestion Problem

David Lewis, April 2008, The Brookings Institution

Public investments in our nation’s infrastructure have been an important aspect of our American heritage. As a result, many citizens view it as their right to travel freely on the country’s roads and bridges. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioEasing the Traffic Jam through Congestion Pricing

Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Washington, DC

Reuters/Lucy NicholsonBrookings’ Hamilton Project and Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a roundtable discussion on the merits and potential barriers to congestion pricing as a tool for combating urban gridlock. Brookings Fellow Robert Puentes provided an overview of the national transportation landscape and David Lewis, senior vice president with HDR Decision Economics, discussed his newly proposal for a coordinated federal-state policy framework for congestion pricing. A panel of experts discussed the proposal in the context of the current national debate. Read More

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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

An Economic Plan for the Commonwealth: Unleashing the Assets of Metropolitan PennsylvaniaIn Pennsylvania, the next major presidential primary state, concerns about the economy loom large. A true federal economic agenda for the Commonwealth must empower state and local innovators to leverage the core assets of the nation's economy--innovation, infrastructure, human capital and quality places--where those assets are located: Pennsylvania’s many small and large metropolitan areas. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCommuting to Opportunity: The Working Poor and Commuting in the United States

Robert Puentes and Elizabeth Roberto, March 14, 2008, The Brookings Institution

A transportation survey conducted to better understand how commuting enhances both physical and economic mobility for a worker, this survey also assesses a workers' ability to find and retain employment. Read More

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

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

Jason Bordoff presents a plan for "pay-as-you-drive" car insurance, a win-win policy—good for society and good for most drivers—that makes significant progress on climate change, congestion and other driving-related harms and is more equitable at the same time, all while reducing insurance costs for the majority of drivers. Read More

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Highway, rail and aviation systems are vital to the national and global economy. They move our citizens and our products and they make us more productive – but they can also contribute to sprawl, air pollution and global warming. Brookings experts look at how to most productively invest in our transportation infrastructure.

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