Transportation policy @ReasonFdn. Covering infrastructure, planes, trains, and automobiles—especially when robots are involved.
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Here, very concisely, is how to fix our air traffic control system 🧵 1/4
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The socialist D.C. council member is wrong to assume that autonomous vehicles will reduce employment.
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"Airlines, airports, and air traffic control are interconnected, so the East Coast problems rippled across the country, contributing to over 1,000 delays at LAX, San Diego, San Francisco, and other airports across California." — @marcscribner
Opinion: Outdated air traffic control system strands and delays Californians ocregister.com/2026/09/25/ou…
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Our air traffic control system is so poorly managed that one simple failure a couple of days ago expose a broken backup system and inability to cope, causing over 1,000 flight cancellations, 6,000 delays, and negatively impacted tens of thousands of passengers. @marcscribner reason.org/commentary/flight…
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There is low-hanging populist fruit in the fact that the main opponents of air traffic control reform are private plane interests.
The Philly TRACON outage is a reminder that the problem is not just ancient FAA equipment that breaks—it’s the entire obsolete U.S. air traffic control model.
My latest at @ReasonFdn ⬇️
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The Trump administration’s public documentation of its transportation-related regulatory reform efforts has become noticeably less frequent, raising serious concerns about regulatory transparency.
- @marcscribner
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“Discriminating against autonomous vehicles with an arbitrary and excessive tax on vehicle-miles traveled is not a legitimate form of road pricing.” — @marcscribner
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Join us on June 3rd at 9am ET for an @AEI webinar to celebrate the 70th birthday of AI by examining how businesses are shaping AI and transforming American enterprise.
Speakers include @DrJ_Policy, @DrSabyMitra, @John_Bailey, @marcscribner, and more.
RSVP HERE: aei.org/events/how-ai-is-res…
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“Congress limiting TSA’s role is the only way to insulate airport security from dysfunctional Washington politics.” — @marcscribner
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America is an outlier for socialistic aviation policy and the result is worse infrastructure and passenger experience. A rare “be more like Europe” policy opportunity.
The 2026 @ReasonFdn Annual Aviation Infrastructure Report is out today: reason.org/policy-brief/annu…
The U.S. is increasingly a global outlier on private investment in and operation of commercial airports.
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"The FAA’s latest plan to get the air traffic control workforce on better footing makes some important advances. But it doesn’t address the ultimate source of America’s ATC dysfunction: a bureaucratic agency that regulates itself."
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"Repealing it would take a big step toward saving public transit without reaching back into taxpayer wallets," @ReasonFdn's @marcscribner writes in the Red Tape newsletter. wapo.st/4uPX7DY
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If you genuinely want to help public transit succeed, this is crucial:
“Section 13(c), the little-known provision of federal transit law jacks up operating costs by locking in 20th-century labor practices and blocking innovation. Repealing the law would save taxpayers from shelling out more money for systems that desperately need reform, not subsidies.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/… @ReasonFdn @marcscribner
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When California’s high speed rail project was approved they said it would cost ~$30billion, @ReasonFdn estimated closer to $80bn.
When voters approved a $10bn bond to help fund in they said the project would cost $45bn, @ReasonFdn estimated closer $100bn,
Now the state says it will cost between $126bn and $232bn!! When will people give up on this unbelievable boondogle?
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"Southern Californians’ dreams of jumping in a flying car to bypass the region’s massive traffic delays may be getting closer." — @marcscribner
Opinion: Air taxis can get fans to the 2028 LA Olympics, if regulators don’t get in the way. ocregister.com/2026/05/03/ai…
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D.C. transit ridership has recovered from the pandemic better than most U.S. transit systems, after falling further.
Yet taxpayers who don’t take the train or bus are increasingly subsidizing those who do, and it’s not sustainable.
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Excellent piece from @marcscribner on the Spirit situation, including insightful industry analysis and constructive alternative policy recommendations
"What is the benefit of perpetuating a financial zombie like Spirit Airlines? There’s certainly none for taxpayers, who would ultimately be responsible for this bad investment." — @marcscribner
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"What is the benefit of perpetuating a financial zombie like Spirit Airlines? There’s certainly none for taxpayers, who would ultimately be responsible for this bad investment." — @marcscribner
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Exactly! It’s true that if the Biden administration had not foolishly, killed the JetBlue merger with Spirit, we would not now be in a position where the administration is contemplating bailing out Spirit with taxpayer dollars. Nevertheless, that bailout doesn’t make any sense and will just compound the initial error.
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The TSA needs a wholesale reinvention. The Trump administration’s plan to require small airports to contract with private screeners isn’t enough, writes @marcscribner
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"TSA should be converted into a stand-alone security regulator, with legal responsibility for screening assigned to airports. This model works well around the world, including in the European Union and Japan." @marcscribner in @WSJopinion
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