Transportation
CAGW Releases April WasteWatcher Report
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 April 3, 2014
Murkowski’s Folly
The first rule of communications is crafting an effective message. A March 11, 2014 op-ed in the Los Angeles Times by former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt provided a unique glimpse into how messaging used by politicians can shift over...
CAGW Names Sen. Lisa Murkowski March Porker of the Month
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 March 20,2013
CAGW Names Rep. Earl Blumenauer 2013 Porker of the Year
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 February 6, 2014 Leslie K. Paige 202-467-5300
Happy 35th Anniversary, Airline Deregulation!
As a hard-nosed researcher of low fares (in other words, I am a cheap flier), I am appreciative of the fact that, thirty five years ago today, President Jimmy Carter signed the Air Transportation Regulatory Reform Act into law, on October 24, 1978.
CAGW Slams LaHood, DOT for Plane Politics
CAGW Slams LaHood, DOT for Plane Politics
Murkowski’s Folly: No Road for King Cove
Murkowski’s Folly: No Road for King Cove
Business as Usual in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Alaska has long received more than its fair share of federal funding.
Admitting Failure is the First Step Toward Success
If President Obama's State of the Union Address could be said to have a message - a common thread, as it were - that message might have been, "There is a whole pile of wonderful legislation with bipartisan support just waiting to be passed.
Chevy Volts Fail to Electrify Customers
In the movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, is on the brink of bankruptcy and debates whether or not it is completely absurd to build a baseball field in his cornfield and expect people to come watch games played by ghosts...
Amtrak: Throw Money from the Train
Since 1971, the federal government has been subsidizing the for-profit passenger rail system Amtrak.
The American Infrastructure Crisis
During rush hour on August 1st, 2007, the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145 more. This disaster triggered widespread talk about America’s crumbling infrastructure, an issue that has been put on the...
