Innovation Briefs
Celebrating our 19th Year  of Publication
 
Abstracts Cumulative Index Subscribe From the Editor About Us Home  

About Innovation Briefs

Freeway Cloverleaf and Subway Trains

Over the past twenty years INNOVATION BRIEFS have become "must reading"for thousands of legislators, public officials, business leaders, newspaper editors and transportation professionals. The Briefs' critical commentaries and incisive analysis of current events keep our readers in touch with trends and ideas in the transportation world without subjecting them to an information overload. Our editorial policy is to maintain an independence of views, while striving to remain balanced and objective in our coverage. We believe it is these qualities that have earned INNOVATION BRIEFS the respect of the professional community and the accolade of the transportation fraternity as "the most influential transportation publication of its kind."

  2009 Newsbreifs
(for back issues, please contact the editor)

NewsBrief No. 1, January 4, 2008
Restructuring the Transportation Program: A Dialogue Between "Conservatives" and "Innovators"

NewsBrief No. 2, January 14
"Transportation for Tomorrow: The Long-awaited Report of the National Transportation Policy Commission Offers a Mix of the Old and the New

NewsBrief No. 3, January 22
In the Wake of the National Transportation Policy Commission Report

NewsBrief No.4, January 31
Two Veteran Analysts Critically Examine the Policy Commission's Report

The Infrastructure Finance Commission Supports a Transition to Direct User Fees

NewsBrief No. 5, February 7
The Dulles Rail Imbroglio

NewsBrief No. 6, February 18
Urban Rail Transit and Freight Railroads: A Study in Contrasts

NewsBrief No. 7, February 25
Financing the Nation's Infrastructure Deficit

NewsBrief No. 8, March 10
A $400 Billion Solution?

NewsBrief No. 9, March 19
The Problem of Infrastructure Deficit is Attracting Growing Attention

NewsBrief No. 10, April 10
Congestion Pricing in NYC: What Went Wrong?

NewsBrief No. 11, May 15
The Role of Private Investment in Transportation

NewsBrief No. 12, May 22
Rebuilding America's Infrastructure through Public-Private Partnerships

NewsBrief No. 13, June 7
The Transportation Transformation Group: Challenging the Status Quo

NewsBrief No. 14, June 29
Placing Transportation Funding on the Political Agenda

NewsBrief No. 15, July 28
Investing in Infrastructure is Urged as a Top National Priority

NewsBrief No. 16, August 3
Reforming the Nation's Transportation Agenda

NewsBrief No. 17, Sep. 1
Public-Private Partnerships at the Crossroads

NewsBrief No. 18, Sep. 22
Transportation Policy:Time to Ask New Questions

NewsBrief No. 19, October 2
Ports Infrastructure: Competing with Highways for Investors' Attention

NewsBrief No. 20, October 10
Thinking Beyond the Gas Tax

NewsBrief No. 21, October 31
Support for Increased Public Infrastructure Spending is Growing

NewsBrief No. 22, November 12
The Transpotation Agenda of the Obama Administration

NewsBrief No. 23, December 2
Reforming the Transportation Program: An Early Challenge for the Obama Administration

NewsBrief No. 24, December 9
A Critical Look at the Proposed Economic Stimulus Program

NewsBrief No. 25, December 21
How Should the Transportation Stimulus Funds Be Spent?
  Current Issue
NewsBrief No. 1, January 5, 2009
The Financing Commission's Recommendations

NewsBrief No. 2, January 19
The Stimulus Bill Leaves Most of the Transportation Community Dissatisfied

NewsBrief No. 3, February 25
The Prospects for a National Transportation Infrastructure Agenda

NewsBrief No. 4, March 17
The Prospects for Public/Private Partnerships in a Changing Market/Political Environment

NewsBrief No. 5, April 1
The Promise of High-Speed Rail

NewsBrief No. 6, May 12
What Does Collapse of the Midway Deal Mean for Privatization?

NewsBrief No. 7, May 20
Some Further Reflections on the Future of Public-Private Partnerships

NewsBrief No. 8, June 11
The Surface Transportation Bill --- Closing the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality

 



INNOVATION BRIEFS
10200 Riverwood Drive, Potomac, MD 20854-1536
tel: 301.299.1996; Fax: 301.299.4425; e-mail: korski@verizon.net