Topic: Interstate 85 in Virginia

November 14, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 11, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Today is Veterans Day. In this week’s commentary, investigative journalist Chris Butler shares his thoughts on how Americans currently view the holiday. Many veterans feel overlooked, […]

September 30, 2022 • Commentary

Toll Roads: A Solution to Metro Atlanta’s Traffic Nightmare

By Tyler Webb

A necessary part of the solution to Atlanta's traffic problem is creating more toll roads.

July 23, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 23, 2021

Sometimes, the wheels of change turn exceedingly slow. As early as 1992 (right) – one year after the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was founded – and as recen

October 27, 2020 • Blog

Transportation Tuesday: October 27, 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. PPPs: An […]

January 3, 2020

Friday Facts: January 3, 2020

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson “Be at war with your vices, at peace […]

October 25, 2019

Friday Facts: October 25, 2019

It’s Friday! Events November 15: The agenda is online for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which features nearly two dozen policy experts and leaders on issues affecting Georgia: education, […]

January 24, 2019

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publishes Foundation Op-Ed on MARTA ‘moonshot’ proposal

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of January 18, 2019, published an op-ed by Benita Dodd in response to MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker’s proposal for a $100 billion “moonshot for transit.” The op-ed, […]

December 21, 2018

2018 Victories: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

As 2018 dashes away like Donner and Blitzen, many Georgians will remember it as a year of major political transition. But 2018 also brought some substantial improvements to Georgians’ lives […]

August 3, 2018

Bus Rapid Transit: Burden Reduced on Taxpayers

Relatively few people use public transit but everyone pays for it. No public transportation system in the country is economically sustained by the fares paid by riders; all are subsidized […]

May 26, 2017

Friday Facts: May 26, 2016

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Health-care reform is a test of whether Republicans, having been handed the gift of ObamaCare’s failure, can show voters that they can do better with […]

May 19, 2017

Transportation Solutions for ‘Affordable Proximity’

How will managed express lanes help metro Atlantans? What promise do metro Atlanta’s express toll lanes hold for congestion relief, mobility, quality of life and affordability? In a nutshell: NewGeography.com […]

April 7, 2017

Friday Facts: April 7, 2017

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away. … Every vote given for Protection is a vote to […]

January 27, 2017

Friday Facts: January 27, 2017

It’s Friday! Events This week is National School Choice Week, and the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast on Thursday was among a record-breaking 21,392 taking place across all 50 […]

August 14, 2015

Friday Facts: August 14, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: Just added to the list of experts at the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum: Nevada Sen. Scott Hammond, sponsor of that state’s Education Savings […]

August 28, 2013

Reason Foundation Proposes New Northern East-West Bypass

It is somewhat understandable why the Atlanta highway system was built like a wheel with the city at the center and interstates fanning out from the core. Think about our […]

April 5, 2013

Slow Going, But Georgia’s Moving on Tackling Congestion

Beyond the Gold Dome, transportation policy has been chugging along – and in at least one way – in the direction the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s “Plan B” sought. By […]

September 28, 2012

Friday Facts: September 28, 2012

It’s Friday! Events October 16: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher turns 87 on October 13. The Foundation marks the birthday of this remarkable leader with a Policy Briefing Luncheon […]

December 15, 2011

What Can Georgia Learn from Portland Light-Rail?

By Robert Helin, Policy Foundation Intern The Georgia Public Policy Foundation hosted its final Leadership Breakfast of 2011 on December 14, featuring John Charles, President and CEO of Oregon’s Cascade […]

November 4, 2011

Friday Facts: November 4th, 2011

It’s Friday! Events – Mark your calendar: John Charles, president and CEO of the Cascade Policy Institute of Oregon, will keynote “Portland: Model or Maverick?” a Foundation Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, […]

May 21, 2010

Transportation Solutions that Fit to a ‘T’

By Benita M. Dodd Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole’s recent visit to Atlanta was to talk about getting Georgians out of gridlock, and he proposed solutions. He talked a […]

January 29, 2010

Smokes and Mirrors in Resolving Budget Woes

By E. Frank Stephenson The General Assembly convened this year facing the daunting challenge of closing a billion-dollar budget hole, partly caused by the slumping economy and the consequent decrease […]

April 24, 2009

Policy-makers Can Still Move on Transportation in Georgia

By Benita M. Dodd They weren’t playing nice at the Capitol this year, and when legislators grabbed their toys and went home, neither chamber had won the transportation legislation tug-of […]

November 21, 2008

Road to Congestion Relief Leads … Somewhere Else

By Benita M. Dodd “If you build it, they will come,” was the mantra for opponents of road-building in metro Atlanta, the economic engine of Georgia. So we didn’t build […]

January 14, 2005

Confusion Takes Its Toll on Transportation Solutions

By Benita M. Dodd Are toll roads HOT, and when is HOT not cool? That’s not a trick question or a riddle. It’s a serious policy consideration, and whether the […]