Independence Institute

Ten Best Transit Cities? Not!0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 15, 2011
Someone asked the Antiplanner to comment on this list of the supposed ten best transit cities in the nation. The list includes, in order, New York, Denver, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Portland, Washington, San Jose, Honolulu, and Salt Lake City. This is supposed to be for students, but it must really be for students who […]
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Michigan Considers Teacher-Empowering Payroll Reform, Like Colorado Did in 2008 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Labor, EDUCATION - Teachers
- September 14, 2011
Business Week features a brief story about a piece of legislation under consideration in the Michigan legislature:

A proposal that would prohibit public schools from automatically deducting union dues from employee paychecks is advancing in the Michigan Legislature.
The Republican-led House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee approved the measure Tuesday with a party line 4-2 vote. The […]
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Can Buses Compete with Planes?0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 14, 2011
The House of Representatives agreed to extend reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for four months and for surface transportation for six months. That’s not as long as the two years the Senate wanted for surface transportation, but apparently House Republicans weren’t ready to give up the gas tax (which would otherwise have expired […]
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Louisville Bridge Is Falling Down?0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 13, 2011
The Interstate 65 bridge across the Ohio River was closed after inspectors found “two cracks in a load-bearing structure of the bridge.” Naturally, this has generated huge traffic jams, as many people in southern Indiana use the bridge to commute to Louisville and the six-lane bridge carries 60,000 to 90,000 vehicles a day. Flickr photo […]
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