Transportation Economics

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Economic Gain Is Possible for All Involved If Infrastructure Is Improved in Countries Encompassed by the China BRI
China's true motivations for its Belt and Road Initiative may still be unclear. But the West could consider the initiative's potential to deliver sustained economic, social, and environmental benefits for all, and find ways to support infrastructure improvements in the countries involved.
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Jan 30, 2020
The RAND Blog
Hui Lu

Transportation Economics

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Pay as You Go
Using vehicle miles traveled as a means of distributing the cost of maintaining America's roads and bridges may not be the only answer, but it represents the kind of innovative thinking that is necessary at a time when this sector of the American transportation infrastructure is desperately in need of a fix.
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Jul 22, 2015
Politico
Liisa Ecola
Transportation Economics

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Consider Taxing Miles Traveled
Mileage-fee rates could be structured to reduce congestion, harmful emissions and excessive road wear, and the enabling technology could support a range of value-added services offering greater convenience and safety for motorists, writes Keith Crane.
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Apr 19, 2013
Wall Street Journal Online
Keith Crane
Transportation Economics

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No Data? Big Problem.
Good data can inform decision makers about what really works—how best to relieve congestion and improve supply-chain connectivity to make freight transportation—and hence the U.S. economy—more competitive, write Mortimer Downey, Joseph Schofer, and Johanna Zmud.
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Mar 20, 2012
DC.STREETSBLOG.org
Mortimer Downey, Joseph Schofer, et al.

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BBC World Service's efforts [to begin broadcasting a Gaza emergency service]…should motivate the U.S. Agency for Global Media…to initiate its own radio transmissions to Gaza. Doing so would not only provide Gaza's 2 million residents with valuable news and information but potentially help to begin rebuilding regional trust in the United States' voice in finding a durable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Transportation Economics

Economic Gain Is Possible for All Involved If Infrastructure Is Improved in Countries Encompassed by the China BRI

Pay as You Go

Consider Taxing Miles Traveled

No Data? Big Problem.

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