Transportation
The focus of Cascade’s research program in transportation is to explore innovative, market-based mechanisms for providing transport services. Examples include privatized transit such as jitneys and bus service, privately built toll roads using electronic road pricing, congestion pricing of both public and private roads, and privatization of airports.
Recent Publications
Subsidized Car Sharing: The Next Frontier in Wasteful Spending
Nine months ago I happily testified (twice) on behalf of a legislative bill that would allow the creation of a privately operated car sharing program ... read more
Rubber-Tire Contempt: TriMet’s $1.5 Billion Plan to Deliver Inferior Transit Service
As a young environmental activist growing up in north Jersey in the 1960s, I took transit buses all over – into Newark, Elizabeth, and New ... read more
TriMet’s War on Urban Livability
The following is an op-ed posted in the Oregonian. Weigh in on the comments by visiting TriMet’s War on Urban Livability. To watch a video ... read more
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John Charles talks to the Bill Post Radio Show about JPACT attack
John Charles addresses the JPACT attacks on the Bill Post radio show. For more information, see the original article John Charles attacked by Metro Councilor ... read more
John Charles attacked by Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder and Portland Mayor Sam Adams
At the July 14, 2011 JPACT (Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation) meeting Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder and Portland Mayor Sam Adams had some interesting ... read more
