How bad is the EV business? Yesterday afternoon, Ford Motor Company reported that the operating loss it incurred on its EV business in 2023 exceeded its total profit for the year. read more »
Transportation
The Benefits of Congestion Relief
by Randal OToole 02/05/2024
Data published by the University of Minnesota Accessibility Observatory a few months ago reveals some of the benefits of congestion relief that resulted from the COVID pandemic. read more »
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Elites Want to Ban Gasoline Cars, Gas Stoves
by Randal OToole 01/25/2024
Urban elites are far more likely than other Americans to oppose gasoline powered cars, SUVs of all types, and gas stoves, according to a survey released last week by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. read more »
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November Driving 1.2% More Than in 2019
by Randal OToole 01/16/2024
Americans drove 1.2 percent more miles in November of 2023 than in the same month in 2019, according to data released by the Federal Highway Administration yesterday. read more »
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Transportation Policy and the Ukrainians
by John Sanphillippo 01/12/2024
The dominant philosophy that guides North American land use and transportation policy is advocacy of car ownership. The logic is simple. If you have a car you have automatic access to a wide variety of geographic employment options at any time of the day or night regardless of weather. read more »
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Transit Carried 74.9% of 2019 Riders in November
by Randal OToole 01/10/2024
America’s transit systems carried nearly 75 percent as many riders in November 2023 as the same month in 2019, according to data released on Friday by the Federal Transit Administration. read more »
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The Cost of Opportunity Cost Blindness to Riders and Taxpayers
by Wendell Cox 01/07/2024
New research by Yadi Wang and David Levinson at the University of Sydney (Australia) casts considerable doubt on the outcomes of major transit projects in the United States read more »
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Whatever Works
by John Sanphillippo 01/01/2024
Sometimes a story takes a number of years to ripen. And sometimes two or three stories merge in unexpected ways. I just had a moment of convergence when new infill development, sub rosa adaptation, and wartime migration all collided. read more »
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Silicon Valley Transit Plan
by Randal OToole 12/28/2023
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and its predecessors serving San Jose and Silicon Valley have spent more than $7 billion (in today’s dollars) on rail transit. read more »
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The West Has Been the Real Loser at COP28
by Joel Kotkin 12/12/2023
As the COP 28 climate shindig comes to a merciful end, history is truly unfolding, as Marx once remarked, as farce. read more »
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