This video by our friends at the Clear Energy Alliance shows how the Green New Deal tracks closely with California’s disastrous high speed rail project that was just cancelled after…
Amtrak’s operating loss for 2018 came in at $168 million–and they’re proud of it. Never mind that the passenger line would be even more in the red if the cost…
The cons of the West 7th streetcar are that it will be expensive, disrupt the neighborhood for three years while it is built, serve fewer people, lengthen the journey, and…
The cold snap continues to be the gift that keeps on giving by exposing the weaknesses and dangerous implications of over-reliance on renewable energy sources. American Experiment policy fellow Isaac…
Today was a normal February day in Minnesota; it was about 10 degrees, with heavy drifting and blowing snow, and the roads had patches of ice left over from freezing…
This post originally appeared at katana community on January 24, 2019. This last Friday you may have seen a story on KARE11 or KSTP about how a Metro Transit Light Rail Transit (LRT) driver…
The shape of our roads.
Is Minnesota locking in an obsolete technology?
Q) Why do we need to spend up to $2 billion on a streetcar from Union Depot to the airport and the Mall of America when the 54 bus already…
The city of Silver Bay can no longer afford the luxury of spending $35,000 a year maintaining a municipal airport. “I’ve got 20 some miles of 50-year old road,” Silver…
The Minnesota Licensing and Registration System (MNLARS) was supposed to be the future for our state. Instead of long lines, bad waiting room music, and having to take time off…
Minnesota is now on track to spend $2.03 billion for about 15 miles of track. Note that you can add road lanes for about 10% of that cost. My theory…
Minnesota motorists can’t get a break. The Dayton Administration’s Department of Public Safety continues to struggle to salvage the disastrous roll-out of the motor and vehicle registration system that has…
Minneapolis’s grand plan to reduce auto congestion through bike lanes.
Do Minnesotans believe transportation funding should be used to build more transit including light rail and bike lanes or improve roads, highways, and bridges? It seems to depend on how…
Minnesota’s beleaguered road system received the lowest grade of all — a D-plus. Roads across the state are in poor condition, and congestion in the Twin Cities means motorists spend…
American mass transit systems face challenges from demographics, how people work, and ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. Randal O’Toole discusses what agencies should do to respond. In short, mass…
MnDOT wants to add a second Amtrak train between Chicago and the Twin Cities. By the front page story in the Star Tribune, you’d likely think ridership on the taxpayer-subsidized…
Pint-sized equines will be the newest passengers allowed to board Southwest Airlines beginning September 17. The major U.S. airline updated its policy to accept miniature horses trained as service animals…
Tensions over bike lanes have boiled over in Rochester, Minnesota where bikes and bike lanes have become a contentious issue in the City Council Elections. According to an MPR article,…
One of the Met Council’s core functions is transit. I could not help wondering if the Council focused more on delivering good transit, rather than trying to re-arrange the metro…
American Experiment campaign highlights that the Met Council and MnDOT have no plan to relieve congestion. In fact, they like it.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services division has unveiled their new, federally-compliant driver's licenses and ID cards. Hopefully the roll-out of the new licenses and ID cards…
For your summer reading: The Met Council's pet project SWLRT, now largely shifted onto the back of Hennepin County taxpayers, has been delayed again. And yet the Council is spending…