Independence Institute

Federal Transportation Subsidies 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- April 28, 2011
Per passenger mile, federal subsidies to Amtrak are 30 times greater than federal subsidies to airlines and 500 times greater than federal subsidies to intercity buses, according to a new study from the American Bus Association. The study also reports that federal subsidies per passenger mile to public transit are 3,200 times greater than federal […]
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Indiana Legislature Makes GOOD Choice to Adopt “Nation’s Most Expansive Voucher Law”0
- EDUCATION - Blogs
- April 27, 2011
Spring continues to unfold, bringing the latest and greatest school choice development, this time from the Hoosier State. The Foundation for Educational Choice lauds the very GOOD news of the Indiana legislature’s passage of the “nation&#82…
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Demand for Free Money Continues to Grow 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- April 27, 2011
The demand for rail transit “is strong all across the country,” says a new report from Reconnecting America. How do they know? They simply added up all the “planned and proposed fixed-guideway transit projects” they could find. They found a total of 643 projects (1-mb Excel spreadsheet) in about 80 urban areas whose total costs […]
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Life-Cycle Budgeting? No, Thanks 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- April 26, 2011
Life-cycle budgeting is suddenly the latest transportation-planning fad. Even some free-market groups are promoting it as a way to save tax dollars. The theory is that a life-cycle analysis will look ahead at all future costs, not just the initial cost, of transportation projects. At first glance, this sounds great. Most transportation fixed infrastructure needs […]
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