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Pardon me boys, is this the Special Interest Express?
The Washington Post published a smart editorial on Monday on why the proposed Railway Safety Act is a bad idea. The legislation is…
News Release
White House wrong to push Railway Safety Act
The White House is reportedly urging lawmakers to include new restrictions on freight rail operations in upcoming infrastructure or transportation legislation. CEI policy experts…
Blog
The Railway Safety Act would derail progress one provision at a time
On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment spilled hazardous chemicals and prompted a massive, controlled burn that sent plumes…
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Letters
Coalition Letter to Minnesota Legislature on MnPASS
Full Document Avilable in PDF Dear Members of the Minnesota House and Senate, Highway congestion during peak traffic times is an ongoing…
One News Now
New Cars Affordable to Fewer People
From Chris Woodward's column on OneNewsNow: Marlo Lewis, senior fellow for the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI),…
News Release
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…
One News Now
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…
Politico
Highway Bill Now Over to John Boehner
From Kathryn A. Wolfe's article in Poltico: Marc Scribner, writing on the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s blog, urged the House to reject the Senate…
News Release
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…
News Release
Senate Highway Bill Offers More Big Government Business as Usual
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2012 –The U.S. Senate is currently considering the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21, S. 1813),…
BBC
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…
Twin Cities
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,…
Twin Cities
Coastal Drilling
From a letter to the editor in The Ventura County Star: I’m terribly disappointed that …
Twin Cities
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…
Twin Cities
House Republicans Push New Oil Drilling to Fund Road Projects
From The Los Angeles Times‘ Nation Now Blog: A coalition of groups, including Taxpayers for Common Sense and the pro-market Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Twin Cities
Today House Republicans Are Set To Approve Barack Obama’s Latest Stimulus Plan
Twin Cities
Highway Bill Generates Bipartisan Backlash
Twin Cities
User Pays
From Politico‘s Morning Transportation: A coalition is urging the House to stick to the user-pays tradition of financing transportation, saying that it is…
Twin Cities
Highway Bill Put on Hold for Now
From Geoff Holtzman’s article on Talk Radio News Service: Earlier this week, the pro-environment National Resources Defense Council teamed with a coalition of…
Letters
Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Reject Linking Drilling Revenues to the Highway Trust Fund
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, Reason Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and…
Twin Cities
Federal Highway Aid to Indiana Could Dip
International Business Times
Highway-Oriented House Transportation Bill: Why It’s Hated by Everyone
International Business Times
Transportation bill takes wrong road
International Business Times
House Transportation Bill Doesn’t Deserve Passage
International Business Times
In the House, a transportation train wreck
International Business Times
Transportation Analysts Critique House Proposal to Expand Oil & Gas Drilling
International Business Times
House of Representatives Transportation Bill Fraught With Bad Ideas
International Business Times
Boehner Downplays ‘Stimulus’ of Highway Bill
E&E News
As House rolls out highway bill, clash looms over drilling provisions
E&E News
Worst. Transportation. Bill. Ever.
Politico
Opposition to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling Takes Right Turn
Politico
Morning Transportation
Politico
This Is Not a Drill: Highway Lobby Trying to Push Tranpo Bill Through Congress
Torque News
NRDC Says to Speaker Boehner’s Energy Plan, Don’t Drill and Drive
Switchboard
House Republicans Hijacking Transportation Bill to Drill, Baby, Drill
The Volokh Conspiracy
Texts, Lies and Distracted Driving
Washington Times
Inside the Beltway: Driving Force
Orange County Register
Driven to Distraction by Cellphone Ban
Overlawyered
Hands Off That Handsfree Phone!
Yahoo! News
Cellphone Ban Critic: NTSB Has ‘No Business Telling Me How to Drive My Car’
News Release
Gov’t Ban on Cell Phones While Driving Won’t Improve Safety
Washington, DC, December 14, 2011 – Citing concern over “distracted driving,” the National Transportation Safety Board called on all states to ban on cell…
National Review
Don’t ‘Drill for Roads’
Congress is well known for going down roads to nowhere. In the case of the upcoming highway-bill reauthorization, that may be true in a…
Switchboard
Even Conservatives Agree: Don’t Drill for Roads
Transportation News Daily
A Conservative Critique of House Republican Transportation Proposal
Transportation News Daily
As Strike Deadline Looms for Unionized Rail Workers, Congress Prepares to Intervene
Railroad traffic could grind to a halt as early as next week, as union rail workers on the nation’s freight railroads decide whether to walk…
DC Velocity
STB Decision Delaying Action on Rail Switching Leaves Shipper Group Hot Under Collar
DC Velocity
Freedom to Move: Interview with Marc Scribner
News Release
Coalition Urges D.C. Council to Reject Anti-Consumer Taxicab Medallion System
Washington, D.C, September 27, 2011 — D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh, Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Works, and Transportation, is holding a…
Letters
Coalition Letter on D.C. Taxicab Medallion Bill
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Members of the Council of the District of…
News Release
On “World Car-Free Day,” Let’s Be Guilt-Free for a Change
Washington, DC, September 21, 2011 – On Thursday, September 22, environmentalists want you to feel guilty about driving cars. In other words, it’s annual “World…
DC Velocity
Did Feminist Groups Derail the Stimulus Bill?
DC Velocity
A Plan Better than Obama’s to Create Jobs
DC Velocity