Jack Turner

A high-speed train in Taiwan that is similar to the fleet of vehicles planned for California’s high-speed rail. For years, progressives and environmentalists have understandably promoted California’s massive $40 billion high-speed rail proposal as the most transformative transportation development in America and a long-overdue project that will help to reduce the disparity between the United States and other developed countries in terms of miles of high-speed track. While California...

Traffic congestion continues to plague major cities, including Seattle, as shown above. For years, policymakers have sold  electric vehicles (EVs) as a keystone solution in the battle to combat climate change. EV sales have surged  globally—today, one in every four vehicles sold worldwide is electric. Yet, while EVs are helping  cut tailpipe emissions substantially, they are quietly eroding a key pillar of transportation finance: the gas tax. Numerous states fund  their roads with these fuel...

This past August, I had the chance to take a road trip across the country from Burlingame, California to Ithaca, New York in an attempt...