Budget, Taxation & Economy
First, fix the roads
In his recent report on state transportation spending, Randal O’Toole agrees with the NC FIRST Commission that the state should move from the gas tax to a mileage-based user fee for road…
Maintenance
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Testimony: Tax Principles to Consider When Modernizing Transportation Revenues
Tax Principles to Consider When Modernizing Transportation Revenues: A Presentation to the Board of Transportation FAST Committee April 3, 2019 It is an honor to be with you this morning…
Transportation
A key point about rail transit systems
Aaron M. Renn, writing for New Geography and republished by the Manhattan Institute: Cities need to keep in mind that if they build a rail system, they not only have…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The role of politics in deteriorating infrastructure
Alex Adrianson highlights for the Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog the mismatch between the political process and maintenance of public infrastructure. Politics may indeed be a problem for the upkeep…
Transportation
Refocused N.C. transportation program should emphasize merit-based project selection, long-range planning, maintenance, economic growth
RALEIGH — A revamped North Carolina transportation program should include merit-based project selection, an increased emphasis on road maintenance, and a funding solution for Interstate 95. Those are among the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Paving dirt roads
Scott Mooneyham’s latest column questions the wisdom of the state continuing to pave dirt roads. He mentions an example from Cumberland County, in which the state paid $728,547 to pave…
Liberty
No money for train maintenance, so let’s build more
What happens when you subsidize mass transit? More riders and less money for maintenance. Subsidies, one candidate for state office recently said, are why we call it public transit. It’s…
Liberty
Water, water everywhere
And not a drop to flush. OK, apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, but that’s how I felt Monday night. I had just returned from the West Coast and had gone…
Liberty
It’s only the beginning
Mecklenburg County’s general manager for development and planning, Bobbie Shields, says the U.S. National Log Flume Ride (thanks Jeff Taylor!) would be a great deal for taxpayers, even if it…
Liberty
NC DOT Kills Again
Or so says a fire chief outside of Raleigh. Wendell fire chief Tom Vaughan told the News & Observer that an SUV that crossed the median on U.S. 64 and…