Revitalizing a Nation

Clifford Winston is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and Jia Yan is a professor of economics at Washington State University.

“Since its origins in France in the early 19th century, transportation planning has been an incubator for the economic theory of incentives and consumer behavior. In its more recent history in the United States, transportation planning has become a branch of civil engineering, with a command-and-control approach to the design of transport infrastructure and the operation of transit systems. This book provides policy recommendations and empirical evidence that the use of economic markets and the incentives introduced through decentralization, privatization, and competition can increase the efficiency and utility of our transportation system. This is a provocative message that will get pushback from the transportation community, but it initiates a dialogue that can lead to significant improvements in the design and operation of our transportation infrastructure.”

• Chapter 1. IntroductionClifford Winston and Jia YanPart I. Urban TransportationChapter 2. The Effect of Reductions in Vehicle Miles Traveled on Highway Fatalities and Congestion with Heterogeneous MotoristsVikram Maheshri and Clifford WinstonChapter 3. Is Public Bus Transit a Competitor or a Subordinate to Public Rail Transit?Austin J. Drukker and Clifford Winston Chapter 4. Measuring the Benefits of Ridesharing Service to Urban Travelers: The Case of the San Francisco Bay Area Hyeonjun Hwang, Clifford Winston, and Jia YanChapter 5. Consumer Adoption of Electric Vehicles: The Appropriate Role of the Private Sector and GovernmentClifford Winston and Jia YanChapter 6. Consumer Adoption of Autonomous Vehicles: The Appropriate Role of the Private Sector and GovernmentClifford Winston and Jia Yan Part II. Intercity Passenger TransportationChapter 7. Would US Travelers Benefit from Entry by Foreign Airlines? Simulating the Effect of Cabotage Based on Low-Cost Carrier Competition in US and European Union MarketsXinlong Tan, Clifford Winston, and Jia Yan Chapter 7 Appendix. Potential Benefits of Seamless International Airline TravelAustin J. Drukker and Clifford Winston Chapter 8. Public Airport Competition and Some Potential Benefits of Private Airport Competition Austin J. Drukker and Clifford Winston Chapter 9. Private Airport Competition and Innovation: The Case of Heated Airport RunwaysJukwan Lee, Clifford Winston, and Jia Yan Chapter 10. Competition and Innovation to Further Improve Intercity Passenger TransportationClifford Winston and Jia Yan Part III. Freight TransportationChapter 11. Railroad Competition and Innovation Vikram Maheshri, Clifford Winston, Jia Yan, and Scott DennisChapter 12. The Potential Benefits of Autonomous TruckingChad Shirley and Clifford Winston Chapter 13. Water Transportation and DronesClifford Winston and Jia YanPart IV. Synthesis and Policy Recommendations Chapter 14. Synthesis and Policy Recommendations Clifford Winston and Jia Yan