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CEI Submits Comments to DOT on Aviation Consumer Protection Authority Modernization

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CEI Submits Comments to DOT on Aviation Consumer Protection Authority Modernization

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 04/24/2020

Today, CEI submitted comments in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s notice of proposed rulemaking in the matter of Defining Unfair or Deceptive Practices.

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House Democrats Dust off January Infrastructure Wish List as Faux-Response to Coronavirus Crisis

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House Democrats Dust off January Infrastructure Wish List as Faux-Response to Coronavirus Crisis

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 04/02/2020

House Democrats announced a coronavirus infrastructure response as part of a “phase 4” relief bill. A transportation infrastructure stimulus package makes no sense as a…

Transportation

New York Times Explains Foolishness of Trump’s General Motors Nationalization

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New York Times Explains Foolishness of Trump’s General Motors Nationalization

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/30/2020

Last Friday, President Trump nationalized General Motors, ordering the company to produce as many ventilators as HHS Secretary Alex Azar says is necessary to address…

Automobiles and Roads

Transportation Infrastructure Stimulus Is No Cure for Coronavirus Economic Slump

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Transportation Infrastructure Stimulus Is No Cure for Coronavirus Economic Slump

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/20/2020

As we enter a new era of slapdash bailouts driven by a dangerous mix of panic, ignorance, and opportunism, we face a growing list of…

Automobiles and Roads

CEI Comments to FCC on Proposed Reallocation of 5.9 GHz Band

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CEI Comments to FCC on Proposed Reallocation of 5.9 GHz Band

  • By: Marc Scribner, Patrick Hedger
  • 03/09/2020

On March 9, CEI submitted comments to the FCC on its proposal to reallocate a portion of the 5.9 GHz band from Intelligent Transportation Systems…

Tech and Telecom

U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Modernizing its Aviation Consumer Protection Authority

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U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Modernizing its Aviation Consumer Protection Authority

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 02/21/2020

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced a new proposed rule that would “align its definitions of unfairness and deception with the principles set forth by…

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Department of Homeland Security’s “Trusted Traveler” Programs Now Privilege Mexican Nationals over U.S. Citizens from New York

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Department of Homeland Security’s “Trusted Traveler” Programs Now Privilege Mexican Nationals over U.S. Citizens from New York

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 02/06/2020

Late yesterday, it was reported that the Department of Homeland Security has suspended entry of New Yorkers into four “trusted traveler” programs. Today, the department…

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CEI Leads Coalition in Support of the Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020

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CEI Leads Coalition in Support of the Revamping American Infrastructure Act of 2020

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 01/23/2020

Today, CEI was joined by 10 other organizations in a letter to members of the House of Representatives supporting the Revamping American Infrastructure Act of…

Transportation

Year in Review 2019: Transportation

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Year in Review 2019: Transportation

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 12/23/2019

The Competitive Enterprise Institute had a busy year in the transportation policy trenches. We worked at the federal, state, and local levels on a variety…

Transportation

CEI Leads Coalition to Congress Urging Close Oversight over Possible New Railroad Price Controls

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CEI Leads Coalition to Congress Urging Close Oversight over Possible New Railroad Price Controls

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 12/05/2019

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) led a group of scholars and advocates from 13 free market organizations urging Congress to exercise close oversight over…

Rail and Mass Transit

Remembering Transportation Economist Shirley Ybarra

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Remembering Transportation Economist Shirley Ybarra

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 11/18/2019

On November 10th, longtime CEI friend Shirley Ybarra passed away. Shirley was an accomplished transportation economist and a leading thinker on innovative transportation infrastructure finance…

Automobiles and Roads

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Airport Financing Reform

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CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Airport Financing Reform

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 10/16/2019

Today CEI led a coalition letter in support of H.R. 3791, the “Investing in America: Rebuilding America’s Airport Infrastructure Act,” the bipartisan airport financing reform legislation…

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Federal Highway Administration to Rescind Outdated Patent Rules

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Federal Highway Administration to Rescind Outdated Patent Rules

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/26/2019

The Federal Highway Administration announced it will rescind its World War I-era regulation governing the use of patented and proprietary materials in federal-aid highway projects.

Automobiles and Roads

Unleash Markets to Reduce Traffic Congestion

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Unleash Markets to Reduce Traffic Congestion

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/11/2019

Congestion is a persistent and growing problem facing America’s road networks. The challenge facing policy makers is how to address this growing problem. Given that…

Automobiles and Roads

Modernizing Passenger Facility Charge Can Promote Airport Investment, Reduce Federal Spending

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Modernizing Passenger Facility Charge Can Promote Airport Investment, Reduce Federal Spending

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 08/14/2019

The passenger facility charge (PFC) is a local airport user fee that serves as an important revenue tool with less federal meddling than its primary…

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CEI Leads Coalition in Support of Bipartisan Passenger Facility Charge Reform

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CEI Leads Coalition in Support of Bipartisan Passenger Facility Charge Reform

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 07/30/2019

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership supporting the bipartisan H.R. 3791, Investing in America: Rebuilding…

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Uniform Law Commission Can Improve Uniform Automated Operation of Vehicles Act

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Uniform Law Commission Can Improve Uniform Automated Operation of Vehicles Act

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 07/26/2019

After two years of work, last week the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) published its model state legislation on automated vehicles. By and large, ULC’s Uniform…

Automobiles and Roads

CEI Releases ‘Authorizing Automated Vehicle Platooning, 2019 Edition’

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CEI Releases ‘Authorizing Automated Vehicle Platooning, 2019 Edition’

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 07/17/2019

CEI has released my fourth annual report on state barriers to vehicle platooning, “Authorizing Automated Vehicle Platooning: A Guide for State Legislators, 2019 Edition” (read the 2018…

Automobiles and Roads

Surface Transportation Board Delays Consideration of Regulatory Reform Petition

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Surface Transportation Board Delays Consideration of Regulatory Reform Petition

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 07/11/2019

Yesterday, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) published a decision on a March 2019 rulemaking petition from the Association from American Railroads (AAR). The AAR petition…

Rail and Mass Transit

Congress Should Authorize Longer Trailers When Reforming National Highway Policy

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Congress Should Authorize Longer Trailers When Reforming National Highway Policy

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 06/11/2019

In 1982, when Congress designated the National Network—the approximately 200,000 miles of truck corridors that crisscross the U.S.—it also set a 28.5-foot minimum limit on tandem…

Automobiles and Roads

Remove Government Barriers to Promote Efficient Highway Investment

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Remove Government Barriers to Promote Efficient Highway Investment

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 06/10/2019

Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute released my new report, “Transforming Surface Transportation Reauthorization: A 21st Century Approach to Address America’s Greatest Infrastructure Challenge.” In it, I…

Automobiles and Roads

Federal Railroad Administration Withdraws Proposed ‘Featherbedding’ Train Crew Rule

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Federal Railroad Administration Withdraws Proposed ‘Featherbedding’ Train Crew Rule

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 05/23/2019

Today, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a draft notice indicating that it will be withdrawing a 2016 proposed rule that would have required trains…

Labor and Employment

Focus Ride-Hailing Policy on Consumer Benefits, Not Protecting Competitors

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Focus Ride-Hailing Policy on Consumer Benefits, Not Protecting Competitors

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 05/20/2019

As we pointed out last year when New York City attacked Uber, Lyft, and other ride-hailing firms by imposing an interim supply cap, politicians fighting…

Automobiles and Roads

Bloomberg Reporter Justin Bachman Gets Duped by TripAdvisor Front Group

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Bloomberg Reporter Justin Bachman Gets Duped by TripAdvisor Front Group

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 05/10/2019

I wrote back in November 2018 of the false, scurrilous, ad hominem attacks on Competitive Enterprise Institute Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith’s appointment as consumer representative…

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CEI Leads Free-Market Coalition to Dispel Passenger Facility Charge Myths

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CEI Leads Free-Market Coalition to Dispel Passenger Facility Charge Myths

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 05/08/2019

Today, CEI and seven other free-market organizations sent a letter to members of Congress aimed at dispelling myths circulating about the airport passenger facility charge…

Transportation

CEI Leads Coalition Urging Surface Transportation Board to Withdraw Proposed Switching Rule

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CEI Leads Coalition Urging Surface Transportation Board to Withdraw Proposed Switching Rule

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 04/30/2019

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) led a coalition of 20 other free market organizations urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to withdraw a harmful…

Rail and Mass Transit

Department of Transportation Should Rescind Crew-Size ‘Featherbedding’ Proposal

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Department of Transportation Should Rescind Crew-Size ‘Featherbedding’ Proposal

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/28/2019

Unions in the railroad industry have a long history of “featherbedding,” the pejorative term for the practice of creating pointless make-work jobs. Most infamous was…

Rail and Mass Transit

User Fees, Rather than Tax Dollars, Can Promote Airport Efficiency and Lower Airfares

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User Fees, Rather than Tax Dollars, Can Promote Airport Efficiency and Lower Airfares

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/26/2019

This morning, I testified before the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives at a hearing titled, “The Cost of Doing…

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Higher Taxes, Wasteful Spending Not Solutions to Infrastructure Problems

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Higher Taxes, Wasteful Spending Not Solutions to Infrastructure Problems

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/07/2019

In recent years, there have been increasing calls to raise federal fuel excise tax rates in order to address what many have called an infrastructure…

Automobiles and Roads

Conservative Criticisms of Passenger Facility Charge Again Miss Mark

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Conservative Criticisms of Passenger Facility Charge Again Miss Mark

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 02/11/2019

Our friends at the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) recently sent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in advance of a hearing…

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