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The case for pricing and privatizing roads put by anon government staffer 'Friedman'
Posted on Thu, 2012-01-05 13:46
We'll call him Mike Friedman after Milton (1912-2006.) He's a staff economist and engineer in a government agency. But he's expressing his personal views on a big policy issue outside of his work, so it's not appropriate to ID him. 'Friedman' puts the case eloquently for market priced provision of highways. He does this in the context of suggesting a discussion topic for a Transportation Research Board annual conference event.
RAND/TRB plan for AASHTO's VMT charges ignores toll technologies and expertise
Posted on Tue, 2009-10-20 01:42
AASHTO, the state DOTs lobby in Washington DC has a report from the Academies of Sciences' Transportation Research Board (TRB) that determinedly avoids toll technologies and expertise in the search for a quick fix to declining gas tax revenues. Written by a RAND Corp led team the report lists three options for estimating vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) charges:
TRB FANTASIES:Light Rail Costs vs Road
Posted on Sun, 1998-12-27 06:24TRB FANTASIES:Light Rail Costs vs Road
Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.
Page:15
Subjects:light rail costs versus road
Agencies:TRB
Locations:CA
Sources:Larwin Cox
REFERENCE:A Flawed Manual on Tolling from TRB
Posted on Fri, 1998-12-25 17:12REFERENCE:A Flawed Manual on Tolling from TRB
Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.
Page:14
Subjects:Tolling Practice manual TRB
Agencies:TRB
AUTOMATED HWY TRB applauds kill, scarifies mismanagement
Posted on Fri, 1998-03-06 09:17AUTOMATED HWY TRB applauds kill, scarifies mismanagement
Originally published in issue 25 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 1998.
Page:6
Subjects:AHS
Agencies:TRB NAHSC
AHS
TRB applauds kill, scarifies mismanagement
Update on Caltrans
Posted on Fri, 1996-09-06 08:54Update on Caltrans Williams & TRB
Originally published in issue 7 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 1996.
Page:3
Subjects:transit bias
Agencies:TRB
Sources:Williams
