Mar 27, 2014: IBTTA: IBTTA Statement on Today’s Release of the Reason Foundation’s New Study, “Value-Added Tolling: A Better Deal for America’s Highway Users"
The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association representing toll facility owners and operators and businesses that serve them, reacted today to the Reason Foundation’s release of a new study, “Value-Added Tolling: A Better Deal for America’s Highway Users” authored by Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow, Robert W. Poole, Jr.
The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association representing toll facility owners and operators and businesses that serve them, reacted today to the Reason Foundation’s release of a new study, “Value-Added Tolling: A Better Deal for America’s Highway Users” authored by Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow, Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Sept 12, 2013: The Hill: Reason Foundation: Boost tolls to pay for highway projects
"The current transportation funding system is failing and won't be able to rebuild or upgrade the Interstate system," Reason's Director of Transportation Policy Robert Poole said in a statement announcing the new study. "This study shows that alternative financing, via all-electronic tolling, is a feasible way to transform the Interstate system."
"The current transportation funding system is failing and won't be able to rebuild or upgrade the Interstate system," Reason's Director of Transportation Policy Robert Poole said in a statement announcing the new study. "This study shows that alternative financing, via all-electronic tolling, is a feasible way to transform the Interstate system."
Jan 11, 2013: Toll Roads News: Reason Foundation's Bob Poole argues for larger role for tolls as budget crises simmer
Crises in federal and state budgets offer an opportunity to rethink how transportation in America is managed and funded. And there's an opportunity to simultaneously improve performance, while reducing the burden of taxes - so long as legal and regulatory obstacles to tolls and other forms of road pricing are removed. That's a theme running through "Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure in a Fiscally Constrained Environment" a policy paper by Reason Foundation's Robert Poole.
Crises in federal and state budgets offer an opportunity to rethink how transportation in America is managed and funded. And there's an opportunity to simultaneously improve performance, while reducing the burden of taxes - so long as legal and regulatory obstacles to tolls and other forms of road pricing are removed. That's a theme running through "Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure in a Fiscally Constrained Environment" a policy paper by Reason Foundation's Robert Poole.
Oct 11, 2011: Next City: Reason Foundation: Toll the Interstates to Pay for Their $1 Trillion Needs
Last month, Reason Foundation co-founder Bob Poole released a report about using tolls to modernize the Interstate Highway System. To say that urbanists and the Reason Foundation have not always gotten along would be an understatement, but on highway tolling there is some confluence of thought.
Last month, Reason Foundation co-founder Bob Poole released a report about using tolls to modernize the Interstate Highway System. To say that urbanists and the Reason Foundation have not always gotten along would be an understatement, but on highway tolling there is some confluence of thought.
Mar 19, 2011: Sun Sentinel: Real reason behind decision to derail high-speed rail
Rick Scott's decision to reject federal funds to construct Florida's high-speed rail project was no surprise to observers who knew Scott's game plan. When Scott appointed Robert Poole as his transportation advisor, it sounded the death knell for any type of non-highway-based mass-transit public transportation projects in Florida during Scott's administration.
Rick Scott's decision to reject federal funds to construct Florida's high-speed rail project was no surprise to observers who knew Scott's game plan. When Scott appointed Robert Poole as his transportation advisor, it sounded the death knell for any type of non-highway-based mass-transit public transportation projects in Florida during Scott's administration.
