Traffic Congestion, Time, Money & Productivity
Traffic Congestion, Time, Money & Productivity By Wendell Cox Transit: Inherently Less Productive and Expensive: One common claim is that transit will provide alternative mobility. However, transit trips tend to be twice as long as car trips and no transit vision has ever been put forward that would replicate the efficiency of the automobile. There
Illegal T-SPLOST Advertising?!?!
Using state resources to campaign for higher taxes?!? This is on Furys Ferry just north of Evans to Locks in Augusta
Don’t blame cars for the shortcomings of mass transit.
Don’t blame cars for the shortcomings of mass transit. By Josh Barro “…while it’s true that the government subsidizes all modes of transportation, road subsidies remain a small component of public and private spending on auto travel and are hardly the key factor that is making transit uncompetitive. A fair look at the whole picture
Which Is Better for the Environment: Transit or Roads?
Which Is Better for the Environment: Transit or Roads? By Randal O’Toole NCPA.org Compared with driving, rail transit is slow, inconvenient and expensive. Although some rail lines may bypass congested roads, most people do not live and work right next to rail stations or transit stops, meaning door-to-door travel time for transit tends to be
The Atlanta Transit Tax: For the 1 Percent
The Atlanta Transit Tax: For the 1 Percent By Wendell Cox NCPA.org Voters in Atlanta, with some of the worst traffic congestion in the nation, are being asked to approve a new tax that would spend more than 50% on transit, in an urban area where transit carries only 1% of travel (Figure). No one
UCLA study of Japan’s bullet train raises questions about California project
A new UCLA economic analysis of Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train and its impact on the growth of cities along its route calls into question claims by state officials that California’s high-speed rail project will create up to 400,000 permanent jobs. Construction of Japan’s vaunted bullet train began in the mid-1960s, and it did not generate
TSPLOST is a nonstarter
TSPLOST is a nonstarter By Eric Schumacher Evans Tuesday, July 17, 2012 On July 31 we will be asked to vote on a proposed transportation improvements special purpose local option sales tax that would add 1 percent sales tax for 10 years. When you vote, please consider this: • We already pay 29.9 cents in
UGA Professor: ‘T-SPLOST Prospects Look Dim’
From his lips to God’s ear 🙂 Charles Bullock, Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia, sees small chance of the initiative passing. Georgia Republicans’ aversion to any kind of tax and concern about riling the Tea Party, are helping to consolidate opposition to the state’s one-percent sales tax referendum
T-SPLOST Referendum Will Make or Break Proposed Rail Line to Emory
Officials at Emory University say the approaching transportation referendum will make or break plans for a long-sought-after campus rail line. For decades there’s been talk of a Clifton Corridor rail line that would connect MARTA to major employers like Emory and the Centers for Disease Control. Betty Willis, a community affairs vice president with Emory,
Two Dougherty Co. commissioners speak out against TSPLOST
Monday, Dougherty County commissioners Gloria Gaines and Jack Stone let the public know, they are not in favor of the July 31st transportation tax referendum. “This is a sales tax for Christ’s sake and that means it is a regressive tax. That means it hit the bottom part of the economic ladder much harder than
