With Congress passing the act that funds transportation spending, we can continue to maintain and expand our transportation infrastructure.
The World’s First Drone Port
If the first drone airport is built in Rwanda, they will have achieved a transportation infrastructure leap and eliminated the need for expensive roads.
Weekly Roundup: From Chicken Sandwiches to Budget Gridlock
Our economic news summary includes chicken sandwiches, reefers and the supply chain, the internet and the information infrastructure and the federal budget.
What Reefers Have to Do with Stinky Cheese
With more than roads, bridges and railroads, our transportation infrastructure includes the reefers (refrigerated containers) that facilitate globalization.
Weekly Roundup: From Traffic Congestion to Job Evaluation
Our everyday economics includes central planning, unintended consequences, comparative advantage, transportation infrastructure, cost & developing nations.
Some Humor and Insight About Highway Congestion
Using road design as an example, we can show how innovation in our transportation infrastructure can improve productivity.
The Reason We Should Drive Around in Circles
As we improve our transportation infrastructure, the roundabout has become increasingly attractive because of safety, ease and cost.
Weekly Roundup: From Robot Servers to Shrimp Farmers
Our everyday economics includes wages, externalities, productivity, income, tradeoff, taxes, fiscal policy, gender, human capital and comparative advantage.
Paying More at the Gas Pump
Because of a low gasoline tax, the Highway Trust Fund does not have enough money to maintain the transportation infrastructure of highways and mass transit.