2013-05-08T02:02:34Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/w/wachs_martin.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/05/14/RFF.html 2010-05-14T20:13:00Z 2010-05-14T20:13:00Z

The principle of paying for roads and transit by charging those who use the system has served our nation well, but in its current form it will soon outlive its usefulness, writes Martin Wachs.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/01/21/CNN.html 2009-01-21T23:07:00Z 2009-01-21T23:07:00Z

President Obama's infrastructure plan doesn’t yet carry a price tag. We only know that it will be big.... The trick is how it will be done. It will not be enough to simply rebuild and repair critical infrastructure systems. We need to reinvent the systems themselves, writes Martin Wachs.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/05/07/LAT.html 2007-05-07T18:35:00Z 2007-05-07T18:35:00Z

Vary MTA Fares

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2006/10/25/SDUT.html 2006-10-25T12:00:01Z 2006-10-25T12:00:01Z

Published commentary by RAND staff: Paying for Our Transportation Needs, in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT322.html 2009-03-19T16:22:00Z 2009-03-19T16:22:00Z

Testimony presented before the California Little Hoover Commission on March 26, 2009.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1423.html 2011-02-11T10:30:00Z 2011-02-11T10:30:00Z

Explore options for conducting a set of trials to test the feasibility of transitioning from fuel excise taxes to a system of road use charges based on vehicle miles of travel.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9576.html 2011-03-29T13:15:00Z 2011-03-29T13:15:00Z

Assesses alternate mechanisms for implementing fees to fund the nation's road network based on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and outlines a plan for large-scale system trials to further evaluate the most promising concepts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110012.html 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

This paper elaborates upon and deepens the ongoing policy discussion of relationships between investments in transportation infrastructure and the nation's short- and long-term economic well-being.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090427.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Autonomous vehicle technologies and advanced driver-assistance systems have the potential to improve transportation safety and efficiency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090631.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress will soon begin considering a new transportation bill that is expected to carry a price tag of $500 to $600 billion to support a number of projects nationwide.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT260.html 2006-04-17T15:33:00Z 2006-04-17T15:33:00Z

Testimony presented before the Texas Study Commission on Transportation Finance on April 19, 2006.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT274.html 2007-02-13T16:30:00Z 2007-02-13T16:30:00Z

Testimony presented before the Los Angeles Field Hearing of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission on February 21, 2007.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF256.html 2009-02-20T16:42:00Z 2009-02-20T16:42:00Z

Three workshops on climate change mitigation policy brought together representatives of government, industry, advocacy groups, and the research community to address the interconnection of such policies with the energy and transportation sectors.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB639.html 2012-02-23T12:00:00Z 2012-02-23T12:00:00Z

This briefing offers a menu of potential future activities for the nonaviation lands at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) to enhance the quality of life in Santa Monica through community-linked programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1137.html 2012-03-21T08:30:00Z 2012-03-21T08:30:00Z

Describes a federal freight policy designed to address growing challenges faced by the U.S. freight network and suggests ways in which these policy could be efficiently and sustainably funded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1049.html 2011-05-17T09:15:00Z 2011-05-17T09:15:00Z

To inform debate on a new transportation bill being considered, the authors review the literature on the economic outcomes of highway infrastructure spending, which constitutes the largest share of federal spending on transportation infrastructure.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1395.html 2009-09-25T17:36:00Z 2009-09-25T17:36:00Z

Explores ways that direct charges to road users, based on vehicle-miles of travel (VMT), could be implemented by 2015.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090009.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Planning for urban systems

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/12/25/DFP.html 2010-12-25T10:15:00Z 2010-12-25T10:15:00Z

A proposed 15-cents-a-gallon gas tax is worth a second look. Among various painful options put forward in the Deficit Reduction Commission's draft report, this tax hike may be well justified, write Martin Wachs.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/08/02/LADN.html 2012-08-02T15:49:00Z 2012-08-02T15:49:00Z

Rather than threatening that the closure will be a mess, messages appealing to citizens' public spirit that Los Angeles can pull together again to make the closure go smoothly are more likely to resonate because they are consistent with past experience, write Martin Wachs and Brian D. Taylor.