Topic: Public transport

September 7, 2018

Friday Facts: September 7, 2018

It’s Friday! Events We’re at the 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum today. Are you? The daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel features an exciting lineup of experts on […]

August 24, 2018

Friday Facts: August 24, 2018

It’s Friday! September 7: The 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum is a daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel on Friday, September 7, featuring an exciting lineup of experts […]

July 27, 2018

Friday Facts: July 27, 2018

It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Events August 23: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation on Thursday, August 23, at the […]

January 13, 2017

Friday Facts: January 13, 2017

It’s Friday! Events January 26: The National School Choice Week Leadership Breakfast is keynoted by education expert Dr. Ben Scafidi, who will unveil his study on the real numbers of […]

November 17, 2015

Public Transport’s Biggest Problem: The Public (That’s Us)

Social and economic change to the nature of work is changing the shape of employment decisions and the commute. By Ross Elliott When’s the last time you heard some futurist or […]

October 7, 2013

Trains Have Limited Value in Contemporary, Urban Transit

By Joel Kotkin To many in the transit business – that is, people who seek to profit from the development and growth of buses, trains and streetcars – Southern California is often […]

May 29, 2013

Technology and Transportation, a Win-Win Move

By Benita M. Dodd Four years ago, Steve Dickerson wrote a commentary for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, “Five Ways Technology Can Transform Transportation.” He pointed out, “The information technology wave is […]

May 17, 2013

Friday Facts: May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013 It’s Friday! The Friday Facts is the Foundation’s most popular product, with more than 5,000 subscribers across the state. Have you shared the Friday Facts with YOUR […]

May 15, 2013

Gaming the System for Transit Funds

There’s been a massive decline in senior bus passengers in Luzerne County, Pa., after allegations in July 2012 that bus drivers were counting “ghost riders” to increase state funding. Drivers […]

October 26, 2012

Friday Facts: October 26, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte “Just tell them that their wildest dreams will come true if they […]

October 19, 2012

Friday Facts: October 19, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There exists in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, […]

December 16, 2011

Friday Facts: December 16th, 2011

It’s Friday! – This year, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrated 20 years of policy over politics in Georgia. As we move into 2012, we appreciate the crucial contributions of […]