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License to misfire: The new CDL rule backfires on safety and prices
The American economy runs on trucks. From groceries to medical supplies to construction materials, nearly everything travels by road at some point. In the absence…
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Congress should short-circuit the nation’s electric vehicle charging program
Congress recently finalized the fiscal year 2026 budget to end the partial government shutdown while spending billions of taxpayer dollars along the way. One line…
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Affordable transportation should be celebrated over “World Car-Free Day”
September 22 is associated with “World Car-Free Day”, an occasion aimed at prodding people to find alternative ways to travel around that day. CEI Senior…
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Highway Bill Needs Real Reform, Not Politics as Usual
Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012—With another Tax Day upon us, taxpayers have something else to worry about: potential action on pending multi-billion dollar highway program…
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Congress Must Act Now on Federal Transportation Bill
From a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial: As we noted in a February editorial, that bill has received significant opposition from such conservative and…
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Senate Considers Ill-Conceived Ban on Highway Tolls
Washington, D.C., March 12, 2012—The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on additional amendments to the massive surface transportation bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress…
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The American bus revival
Transit ridership, and public transport in general, is growing faster than car mileage, which appears to have peaked in the US, according to American…
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A Highway Bill Everyone Can Hate
Also appeared in: The Arizona Daily Star, The Sacramento Bee, The Press of Atlantic City, South Bend Tribune, The Bellingham Herald,…
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Republicans rebel against an oily transportation bill
From Brian Merchant’s article on Salon: A burgeoning number of Republicans think not. Especially after the grim CBO forecast, fiscal conservatives are backing away. Influential…