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Over the past twenty-one 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 5, 2011
The Uncertain Future of the High-Speed Rail Program

NewsBrief No. 2, January 12, 2011
Skepticism About High-Speed Rail is Growing

NewsBrief No. 3, January 21, 2011
What Lies Ahead for Transportation in the 112th Congress?

NewsBrief No. 4, January 30, 2011
The President's Unserious Proposal

NewsBrief No. 5, February 8, 2011
A $53 Billion High-Speed Rail Program to Nowhere

NewsBrief No. 6, February 15, 2011
A Few Questions Concerning the President's FY 2012 Budget Submission on Transportation

NewsBrief No. 7, February 23, 2011
Mainstream Media Opinion Turns Against the High-Speed Rail Program

NewsBrief No. 8, March 9, 2011
The Look and Feel of the New Congress

NewsBrief No. 9, March 16, 2011
House T&I Committee "Views and Estimates" for Fiscal Year 2012

NewsBrief No. 10, March 25, 2011
The End of the Line: The High-Speed Rail Program Has Hit the Buffer of Fiscal Reality

NewsBrief No. 11, April 8, 2011
The Federal Transportation Program and the New Budget Realities

NewsBrief No. 12, April 12, 2011
A Requiem for "High-Speed Rail" : An Editorial Point of View

NewsBrief No. 13, April 25, 2011
Fast Train to Nowhere

NewsBrief No. 14, May 5, 2011
Skepticism Greets US DOT's Draft Transporattion Bill

NewsBrief No. 15, May 11, 2011
Pragmatic Funding Decisions Mark the Final Round of Rail Grants

NewsBrief No. 16, May 31, 2011
California's Bullet Train --- On the Road to Bankruptcy

NewsBrief No. 17, June 28, 2011
Adjusting to New Fiscal and Political Realities

NewsBrief No.18, July 5, 2011
Reflections on Impending Congressional Transportation Decisions

NewsBrief No. 19, July 18, 2011
Chairman Mica Passes on the Offensive

NewsBrief No. 20, July 25, 2011
The Senate Transportation Bill Lacks Political Momentum

NewsBrief No. 21, August 1, 2011
Bullet Train to Nowhere

NewsBrief No. 22, August 7, 2011
Will Negotiations on the Transportation Bill End Up in a Stalemate?

NewsBrief No. 23, August 21, 2011
Legislative Prospects for the Transportation Bill: An Update

NewsBrief No.24, August 30, 2011
Infrastructure Bank: Losing Favor With the White House?

NewsBrief No. 25, September 5, 2011
Another Temporary Extension --- As House and Senate Confront Their Differences

NewsBrief No.26, September 13, 2011
Obams's New $50 Billion Infrastructure Stimulus -- Old Wine in New Bottles

NewsBrief No. 27, October 3, 2011
For High-Speed Rail It's the End of the Line

NewsBrief No. 28, October 10, 2011
Bridging the Partisan Divide

NewsBrief No. 29, November 3, 2011
Clarifying Reauthorization Math

NewsBrief No. 30, November 11, 2011
A First Tentative Step Toward Reauthorization

NewsBrief No. 31, November 13, 2011
Califormia's Bullet Train in the Court of Public Opinion

NewsBrief No. 32, November 22
The Precarious State of the Highway Trust Fund

NewsBrief No. 33, December 7
The High-Speed Rail Program Under Congressional Scrutiny

  Current Issue
NewsBrief No. 1, January 2, 2012
What Lies Ahead for Transportation in 2012?

NewsBrief No. 2, January 6, 2012
A Devastating Verdict


 



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