In 1995 nearly fourteen million Americans received welfare benefits, far too many in the eyes of the many critics of the program. Developed originally to allow widowed or divorced women to stay at home with their children, the 1996 federal welfare reform package aimed to do just the opposite....

Environmental justice is an increasingly important element of policy making in transportation. It is not specific to any mode of transportation, particular community, or single policy issues. It is fundamentally about fairness toward the disadvantaged and often address the exclusion of racial...

Transportation planners and economists are urging us to adopt congestion pricing - to charge motorists more for driving on crowded roads during rush hours and less for traveling on uncrowded roads in off-peak hours. By putting a price on peak-hour travel, we would encourage motorists to switch...

Inflation and increased fuel economy have reduced the buying power of the revenues collected from state and federal motor fuel taxes. Because fuel taxes are almost always collected on a per-gallon basis, m most states they must be raised by specific acts of the legislature and it is becoming...

Regulation XV of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California requires all work sites at which there are 100 or more employees to implement a ridesharing program by which the organization's "average vehicle ridership" is intended to be increased to a specified target...