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The Hollowing Out of Downtown Pittsburgh

It Takes a Lot of Gold to Park in the Golden Triangle

Beltways and Right to Work: A Winning Combination

Pittsburgh's MAGLEV Effort Stacks Up Poorly to Competition

Mon-Fayette Opposition Study Contains Major Mistakes

Pittsburgh's West Busway: Extravagant Overspending

'Sustainable Pittsburgh' Would Destroy Final Leg of Mon-Fayette Expressway

Time for Some Honest Talk About MAGLEV

This is No Way to Build a Highway

A New Approach To Infrastructure Is Needed

Infrastructure Inadequacies Dim Region's Economic Prospects

North Shore Connector: An Expensive Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars

Common Sense: A Truly Endangered Species

Infrastructure
Hardcopies of all reports can be obtained by contacting the Allegheny Institute

  • Parking in the Golden Triangle: How Pittsburgh Compares to Similar Cities: Report # 02-09 Available Online


  • Pennsylvania's Electric Choice Program: Progress Through 2001: Report # 02-01 Available Online


  • River Dredging: An Important Industry in Western Pennsylvania: Report # 01-05 Available Online


  • Pennsylvania's Electric Choice Program: Progress Through 2001: Report # 01-02 Available Online


  • The Dismal Record of Public Housing in Pittsburgh: Report # 99-08


  • Expanding Natural Gas Competition in Pennsylvania: Report # 99-02 Available Online


  • Rethinking Public Housing in Allegheny County: Report # 98-06


  • Electricity Deregulation Takes Shape in Pennsylvania: A look at Two Important Cases: Report # 98-03


  • An Analysis of the Westmoreland County Waste-to-Energy Facility: Report # 97-10


  • Forced Busing: A Pittsburgh and National Failure: Report # 97-05


  • Inland Waterways as Vital National Infrastructure: Refuting "Corporate Welfare" Attacks: Report # 97-04


  • Dealing With Stranded Costs in Electricity Deregulation: Report # 96-21


  • The Case for Competitive Contracting of Residential Refuse Collection in the City of Pittsburgh: Report # 96-18


  • The I-279 HOV: A Solution In Search of a Problem: Report # 96-16


  • Railroaded: A Look at the Airport Busway/Wabash HOV Project, Spine Line and the Future of Light Rail Transit in Allegheny County: Report # 96-16


  • Competitive Contracting of Transit Services: Report # 95-08


  • A Financial Valuation of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer System: Report #95-04