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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 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

NewsBrief No. 9, June 21
The House Transportation Bill: Two Key Questions Remain Unanswered

NewsBrief No. 10, June 27
The Week that Changed the Game Plan

NewBrief No. 11, July 9
Survey Shows Support for an Extension of Existing Law

NewsBrief No. 12, July 17
Highway Bill Supporters Face a Reality Check

NewsBrief No. 13, July 27
The Hope for a Long-Term Transportation Bill This Year Has All But Vanished

NewBrief No. 14, August 10
What Can We Expect from Congress in September?

NewsBrief No. 15, August 18
Controversial Report Has the Transportation Community Up in Arms

NewsBrief No. 16, August 21
The "Moving Cooler" Debate Continues

NewsBrief No. 17, September 3
Congress Will Likely Extend the Existing Transportation Authorization

NewsBrief No. 18, September 17
Notes From the Miller Center Transportation Conference

NewsBrief No. 19, October 16
The Administration's "Livability" Initiative Stirs Up Debate About How Americans Should Live and Travel

NewsBrief No. 20, October 29
Weighing the Future of High-Speed Rail in America

NewsBrief No. 21, November 10
The Unfulfilled Promise of Maryland's Smart Growth Policy

NewsBrief No. 22, November 23
The Push to Enact Climate Change Bill Suffers a Serious Setback

NewsBrief No. 23, December 7
The Selling of Transportation Reform

NewsBrief No. 24, December 12
Using the Jobs Stimulus to Reform the Transportation Program

NewsBrief No. 25, December 28
Reform of the Transportation Program Put on Hold as Congress Equivocates
  Current Issue
NewsBrief No. 1, January 4, 2010
Transportation Program Reform Facing an Uncertain Future

NewsBrief No. 2, January 19, 2010
Notes from the Annual TRB Meeting

NewsBrief No. 3, February 4
The Transportation Communityt Braces for Continued Uncertainty

NewsBrief No. 4, March 8
The Clouded Future of the Surface Transportation Program

NewsBrief No. 5, March 24
The Federal Transportation Program Gets a New Lease on Life

NewsBrief No. 6, April 5
The Promise and Risks of Public-Private Partnerships

NewsBrief No. 7, April 19
Innovative Financing is No Substitute for New Funding

NewsBrief No. 8, May 3
Two Bold Predictions

NewsBrief No. 9, May 19
U.S. DOT's Strategic Plan Stirs Controversy With Its Emphasis on "Livability"

NewsBrief No. 10, May 24
Rail Transit Reconsidered -- Commentary

NewsBrief No. 11, June 3
Some Frank and Unscripted Comments From Capitol Hill

NewsBrief No. 12, June 16
Is the High-Speed Rail Program at Risk?

NewsBrief No. 13, June 30
The Rail Debate Intensifies

NewsBrief No. 14, July 5
The Accidental Legacy of High-Speed Rail

NewsBrief No. 15, July 16
New Political Realities May Sidetrack the Transportation Reauthorization

NewsBrief No. 16, August 6
Two Promising New Proposals for Solving the Fiscal Shortfall

NewsBrief No. 17, August 18
Lacking New Revenue, Will the Focus Shift to Spending Restraint?

 



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