Kansas City and St. Louis Road Quality
Our roads are crucial for commerce, safety, and daily life. Yet the state’s extensive road network presents challenges that have...
Local Gas Taxes Are the Secret Garden of City Road Funding Options
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. When troubled or sickly aristocratic English youth needed a place to...
On the Road Again
The concept of transportation user fees should not be controversial. It’s the same principle that applies to everyday transactions—the more...
Would Kansas City Bike Lanes Actually Save 36 Lives per Year? Probably Not
Kansas City officials are working on a draft of the Bike KC Master Plan, a strategy for increasing bike lanes...
Design-Build and Save
My colleague Joe Miller recently published his paper on funding the Missouri Department of Transportation. In it, he refers to...
The Urban-Rural Divide in MoDOT Spending
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on area residents who want to direct more MoDOT funding to urban areas. Specifically, a League...
With Improving Economy, Missourians Hit the Road
A couple months ago, I wrote about the misconceptions concerning driving trends in Missouri. Specifically, there was no evidence that...
News of Driving’s Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
There is an apparent schizophrenia in the information provided at transportation conferences and in regular news on Missouri’s infrastructure needs....
Do User Taxes Pay for Highways?
The Post-Dispatch recently published an op-ed from the Center for America Progress (CAP) that argues that all forms of transportation,...
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