May 5, 2025 • Blog
Yes, we can still build
Sometimes it feels like our government can’t do big, important things anymore.
Topic: Peach Pass
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?
November 10, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 10, 2023
Gov. Kemp extends suspension of gas tax until the end of November.
January 28, 2022
Driving Change: The Promise of Per-Mile Charges for Georgia Transportation
As technology, policy and politics change the transportation landscape in Georgia, the state will have to reconsider how it funds transportation infrastructure.
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 […]
May 3, 2019
Still Asking for Whom Georgia’s Roads are Tolled?
By Benita M. Dodd The toll lanes are coming! The toll lanes are coming! Despite a lengthy history of tolling in Georgia, many current residents appear intimidated or uninformed about […]
November 2, 2018
Friday Facts: November 2, 2018
It’s Friday! Please support us today when you make an Amazon online purchase. Choose Georgia Public Policy Foundation as your beneficiary at Smile.Amazon and Amazon will send us a contribution […]
October 12, 2018
Friday Facts: October 12, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized […]
September 14, 2018
Friday Facts: September 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Events September 21: “Rethinking American Highways,” a Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum with Bob Poole, director of Transportation Policy at Reason Foundation. Among Poole’s policy papers that […]
March 17, 2017
Friday Facts: March 17, 2017
It’s Friday! Events March 23: The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the Foundation’s March Leadership Breakfast, “Capitol Insight,” with keynote speaker Lynn Westmoreland, who retired recently after six […]
February 10, 2017
Friday Facts: February 10, 2017
It’s Friday! Events Happy birthday, Georgia! Georgia Day is February 12. Today and Saturday are rare opportunities to visit the Georgia Archives in Morrow to view Georgia’s copy of the […]
February 3, 2017
Georgia’s New Toll Lanes Help ‘Reverse’ Traffic Congestion
By Benita M. Dodd In a milestone event that occurred quietly on Saturday, January 28 Georgia entered the ranks of the few, the proud, the innovative states as a 12-mile […]
February 3, 2017
Friday Facts: February 3, 2017
It’s Friday! Events February 22: Register by February 20 to join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Institute for Justice for a Leadership Breakfast and Book Forum with Dick […]
October 17, 2016
Atlanta Business Chronicle Quotes Foundation on Toll Lane Network
Dave Williams of The Atlanta Business Chronicle quotes Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd extensively in an article in the October 14-20, 2016, edition about the express toll lanes under construction […]
August 12, 2016
Guide to the Issues: Transportation
Principles: Traffic congestion, while inconvenient, is a sign of a thriving economy. Transportation policy must focus on improving mobility and relieving congestion. To the extent possible, users should pay. Use […]
November 14, 2014
Friday Facts: November 14, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from […]
April 4, 2014
Friday Facts: April 4, 2014
It’s Friday! Events April 24: Matt Candler, founder and CEO of 4.0 Schools, keynotes, “School Choice: Big Gains in The Big Easy,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. at […]
February 21, 2014
Friday Facts: February 21, 2014
It’s Friday! Events February 26: Tired of Washington’s out-of-control spending? The Georgia House of Representatives passed three different approaches to a federal balanced budget amendment yesterday. Which one is best? […]
July 26, 2013
Friday Facts: July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are […]
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, […]
July 15, 2011
What’s HOT, What’s Not about High-Occupancy Toll Lanes for Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd Georgia is moving forward on transportation innovation with a 16-mile High-Occupancy toll (HOT) lane project set to open this summer along Interstate 85 in metro Atlanta. […]