August 28, 2024 • Commentary
How is road building evolving in Georgia?
The Ga. 400 express lanes will utilize a public-private partnership that minimizes taxpayer investments.
June 12, 2024 • Commentary
A new approach for maintaining the interstate system is needed
As vehicles become more fuel efficient or run on alternative fuels, how will we continue to fund interstates?
April 9, 2024 • Blog
Comparing Cobb and Gwinnett County transit plans
Gwinnett and Cobb County will ask voters to approve a one-cent sales tax to expand public transit options this fall.
March 6, 2024 • Blog
Gwinnett County offers latest transportation tax plan
When Gwinnett County voters head to the polls on November 5 they will be asked to approve a new one-cent sales tax to expand transit service in the county.
February 1, 2024 • Commentary
Cobb County transit plan has a lot to like but also potential problems
Rather than stage another MARTA referendum, the county is trying a lower-cost approach that adds 108 miles of fixed-route service.
July 27, 2023 • Commentary
Replacing the fuel tax with a mileage-based user fee?
For decades, Georgia has paid for its roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure with a fuel tax. But that might be changing.
June 14, 2023 • Commentary
Investment in transportation continues to grow
Since the failed transportation tax of a decade ago, transportation funding has increased from $800 million to over $2 billion.
February 16, 2023 • Commentary
Atlanta streetcar: Grand plans and failed ambitions
Atlanta's streetcar has proven to be both more expensive than expected, while serving less people than predicted.
December 20, 2022 • Blog
Improving Atlanta’s traffic congestion
The state’s transportation policy goals must prioritize improving mobility and relieving congestion.
October 20, 2022 • Commentary
Facts-Based Principles and Practical Recommendations: Guide to the Issues 2022
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation is excited to announce the release of the latest edition of Guide to the Issues!
September 30, 2022 • Commentary
Toll Roads: A Solution to Metro Atlanta’s Traffic Nightmare
A necessary part of the solution to Atlanta's traffic problem is creating more toll roads.
July 22, 2022 • Commentary
BRT is the Right Move for MARTA
Bus Rapid Transit is the practical, value based, and equitable solution to public transportation in the Campbellton Corridor.
March 4, 2022 • Reason
There Are Many Problems With Democrats’ Plan for a Federal Gas Tax Holiday
A federal gasoline tax holiday would undermine the user fee system for funding highways and could worsen inflation.
December 31, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 31, 2021
In celebration of the Foundation's 30th anniversary in 2021, the Friday Facts included "a trip down Memory Lane," with photographs, news clips and articles thro
December 10, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 10, 2021
Kyle Wingfield is recuperating from surgery and will be back in the office in the new year.
November 19, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 19, 2021
Welfare reform and championing the dignity of work have been longtime, linked goals at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991, as this
November 15, 2021 • Press Release
Study on Mileage-Based User Fees for Georgia Debuts at State Capitol
Transportation Expert to Testify on Mileage-Based User Fees for Georgia
November 5, 2021 • Commentary
Propane Prices Hit the Gas, the Wallets
Propane is an odorless by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, but soaring prices for the fuel are set to cause a big stink.
October 1, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 1, 2021
In 2006, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation published a transportation study: “Reducing Congestion in Atlanta: A Bold New Approach to Increasing Mobility.”
September 17, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 17, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marked 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives” with a dinner celebration Thursday night at the Geo
September 3, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 03, 2021
In less than two weeks, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary with a September 16 event at the Georgia Aquarium.
August 27, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 27, 2021
The mayor of Orlando has asked city residents to conserve water to help preserve liquid oxygen for medical use for covid patients, according to NBC News. Liquid
August 20, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 20, 2021
One of the founding principles of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation is to limit the role of government in the lives of Georgians.
August 6, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 06, 2021
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s first luncheon briefing was in October 1993, two years after the Foundation was established.
July 16, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 16, 2021
Housing affordability was one of the earliest policy challenges that drew the attention of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, as this 1992 commentary demonst
July 9, 2021 • Commentary
New Express Lanes to Ease Taxpayer Toll
Atlanta Braves’ fans still chuckle about Pascual Perez, who missed his start for the Braves after getting lost on Interstate 285. It was August 1982, and the 25-year-old drove around the 64-mile beltway […]
July 8, 2021 • Blog
Have Tolls, Will Travel
When it comes to transportation policy in Georgia, good – or at least, better – things often come to those who wait. A decade ago, regional T-SPLOST referendums were pitched […]
April 16, 2021 • Commentary
Tesla & Nikola: A 21st-Century Fairy Tale
Once upon a time monsters ruled the streets and highways of the world. They drank gasoline and diesel fuel, belched fire and spewed bad, bad chemicals and soot out of […]
February 26, 2021 • Commentary
Get on Board with Buses for Equitable Transit
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says one of his top priorities is addressing inequities such as “transit deserts,” particularly in communities of
December 8, 2020 • Blog
Transportation Tuesday: December 8, 2020
Transportation Tuesday is the newest in a series of Georgia Public Policy Foundation policy briefs. Others are Medical Monday’s Checking Up On Health and Tax and Spend Tuesday. The Transportation Tuesday post of […]
