Liberty
Recognizing the ‘War Against Cars’
Andrew Stuttaford writes for National Review Online about bad news for drivers in the United States and across the pond. There cannot be much doubt that the switch to electric…
Car
motorized road vehicle designed to carry one to eight people rather than primarily goods
Energy
The Future They Want: Poor Britons Forced to Sell Their Cars Amid High Food and Fuel Prices
Energy is one of the most vital goods. As discussed here frequently, energy poverty is a deadly problem. Look what it is doing to poor Britons.
Liberty
CDC: Drive alone
Antiplanner drops this piece of news: For more than a month, transit agencies have been telling people not to ride transit unless they are “essential workers.” Now those same agencies…
Transportation
NC commuters prefer cars
More and more, North Carolinians prefer cars, and for good reason: we're blessed with room to spread out.
Research Brief
Transportation
More and More, North Carolinians Enjoy the Freedom to Choose Cars
In North Carolina, people want to “be in the driver’s seat.” Good transportation policy begins by respecting that choice. This may be a hard reality for community reshapers and media…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
President Trump is Wrong To Seek To Punish General Motors
For the last several days, news of General Motor’s (GM) plans to close plants and eliminate nearly 15,000 jobs in the U.S. and Canada have been blanketing the news. President…
Liberty
N.C. suburban growth
Interesting Winston-Salem Journal article on U.S. Census Bureau numbers showing North Carolina’s suburban counties are growing more rapidly than urban counties. That flies in the face of the trend toward…
Law & Public Safety
Why so many people die in floods
For a simple yet very avoidable reason, reports the Charlotte Observer: The 13 North Carolina deaths attributed so far to Hurricane Matthew follow a familiar pattern: drivers’ fatal challenges of…
Transportation
Differing time costs a major factor in ‘Why People Don’t Use Mass Transit’
University of Wisconsin at Green Bay professor Steven Dutch has a thought piece on “Why People Don’t Use Mass Transit.” This piece had its origin, Dutch explains, when he was…
Elections & Public Integrity
Protectionism’s role in Sanders’ success
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s searches for reasons why Bernie Sanders was able to beat Hillary Clinton in Michigan’s recent Democratic presidential primary. Both must be keenly aware that something went…
Energy
Government adding to your car’s sticker price
Salim Furth and David Kreutzer of the Heritage Foundation examine the impact of federal regulations on the price of your new car. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards are adding…
Transportation
O’Toole challenges the notion that oil prices are ‘too low’
Randal O’Toole explains in a Cato Institute commentary why lower oil prices represent good news, not the bad news lamented by some pundits. Low oil prices generate huge economic benefits.…