Taxes & Economy

PA Needs Infinity Dollars to Repair Roads

• Nathan Benefield
• April 27, 2010

The Tribune Review has a story that transportation advocates are now claiming that Pennsylvania needs $3 billion in additional revenue per year just to keep roads and bridges up…

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Paying for Our Paving: Why Leasing the Turnpike Makes Good Economic and Public Policy Sense

• September 17, 2008

Introduction How should Pennsylvania pay for its transportation infrastructure, now that the Federal Highway Administration has rejected the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s application to toll Interstate 80?  Gas taxes?  Vehicle fees? …

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Pennsylvania Turnpike Lease: Two years of deliberation

• Nathan Benefield
• September 16, 2008

An anonymous poster remarks that “we don’t want to rush into anything (like leasing the Turnpike)”, and compares it to the rush to pass Act 44. He/she is correct…

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Senate passes transporation P3 bill

• Nathan Benefield
• June 28, 2008

The Senate yesterday passed a bill allowing for Public Private Partnerships in transportation (bill text). The big Kahuna, the Turnpike lease, is exempted from the legislation, but it…

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Leasing the Turnpike: Questions & Answers

• May 26, 2008

Commonwealth Foundation and Reason Foundation address common concerns regarding a Public-Private Partnership on Pennsylvania’s toll road HARRISBURG, PA — Today, the Commonwealth Foundation and the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation…

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Leasing the Turnpike: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

• May 23, 2008

Tthe Commonwealth Foundation and the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation released a policy brief entitled Leasing the Turnpike: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers to help enhance and enlighten the current transportation…

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Leasing HBG Parking Garages

• May 8, 2008

Patriot News reports on the Harrisburg Parking Authority’s 3-2 vote last night to contract with a private company to lease nine city parking garages, two public lots and 1,200…

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Bonanza from lease of turnpike not so big?

• May 6, 2008

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story on the expected bids to lease the Turnpike. What’s interesting is that even with the downturn of the market, a Public-Private Partnership on the Turnpike…

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Benevolence of the Trucker

• April 10, 2008

Land Line Magazine’s coverage of the Public-Private Partnership (P3) forum that I moderated on Monday ran with the headline, “Panelists say profit motivates infrastructure investment.” (As an aside,…

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