Policy Briefs

Where Are the Predicted Transit Riders? The Transportation Report: Road Map to PAT Solvency? Port Authority Employee Costs Gallop Higher PAT Driver Pay Gouges Taxpayers Commiserating with the Commission Federal Transit Bureaucracy Fails Taxpayers Transit Agencies Throw Commission Under the Bus PAT Chairman Repeats Bogus Arguments for Tunnel PAT’s White Elephant Deep in the Red Ineptitude Has Become a Hallmark of the Port Authority Transit Labor Negotiations in Pittsburgh and Denver: Different Planets The Connector’s Last Gasp? A 21st Century Rail Holdup The Extravagant Cost of PAT Operations Time to End Transit Unions' Right to Strike Fumbling Transit Cost Containment Pull the Connector's Plug Spurious Pleading For Mass Transit Spending Deep-Six Pittsburgh's 'Big Dig' Three (Big) Cheers for the Port Authority Denver's Solution for Mile High Transit Costs Bus Transit Costs--What's to be Done? Funding Crisis? No, It's a Spending Crisis Rethinking Port Authority Subsidies Port Authority Costs--Round Two PAT Answers Won't Do Impact of a USAirways Failure to Survive Tunnel Vision Time for a PAT Answer End of the Line for Maglev? Beltways and Right To Work: A Winning Combination Entrepreneur Gets Green Light For New Cab Company Is It Too Late For USAirways To Avoid Bankruptcy? Pittsburgh's Maglev Effort Stacks Up Poorly To Competition USAirways, Airline Industry Are Running Out of Time 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' Driving To Cleveland For Cheaper Airfares No Longer Necessary Government Loan Guarantees Would 'Federalize' Failing Airlines For The Airline Industry The Bad News Is Far From Over The Federal Government Has A Role In Shaping Airline Industries Future What is Region to Make of USAirways' Future? North Shore Connector: An Expensive Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars Discount Airlines Are Thriving and Creating True Competition USAirways: A Major Player in Pennsylvania's Economy Time to Clear the Airways: Part Two Time to Clear the Airways: Part One

Transportation

Hardcopies of all reports can be obtained by contacting the Allgheny Institute. Competitive Contracting of Bus Services: The International Experience: Report # 06-02 Available Online Port Authority Bus Operations: Costly and Inefficient: Report # 05-03 Available Online Parking in the Golden Triangle: How Pittsburgh Compares to Similar Cities: Report # 02-09 Available Online The Study of Aircraft Maintenance Demand and Supply: Report # 02-06 Available Online An Analysis of Key Issues Facing the Airline Industry: Report # 01-04 Available Online The Importance of USAirways to the Pennsylvania Economy: Report # 01-03 Available Online An Analysis of the Demand for Taxicabs in the Pittsburgh Area: Report # 01-01 Available Online Identifying and Dealing with Pittsburgh International Problems: Report # 00-05 Available Online Scared Yellow: An Analysis of Taxicab Competition in Allegheny County: Report # 00-03 Available Online A Study of Airfares and Economic Growth at Pittsburgh International Airport: Report # 99-13 Available Online Forced Busing: A Pittsburgh and National Failure: Report # 97-05 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 the Light Rail Transit in Allegheny County: Report # 96-06 Competitive Contracting of Transit Services: Report # 95-08