Transportation

Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds that the merger would reduce competition...

Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

This sequel accompanies case number 2044.0. In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds...

Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project

Publication Date: June 11, 2015

In February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years, the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day...

Extending the Green Line to Somerville

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

In 2012 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick presided over the groundbreaking for a 4.3 mile extension of the Green Line, a light rail transit line, into Somerville, a very dense, older inner suburb in the Boston metropolitan area. The Green...

Ambitious but Achievable: Using Land Use and Transportation Plans to Reduce GHG Emissions in California

Publication Date: March 25, 2013

In the summer of 2010, leaders of California's Air Quality Board (CARB) had to make key decisions on their state's landmark efforts to use regional land use and transportation plans to reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and thereby limit...

Yogyakarta Bus Terminal: The Private Provision of Municipal Infrastructure

Publication Date: January 10, 2013

In January 2009, Herry Zudianto, the Mayor of Yogyakarta, was reflecting on the apparent failure of his first effort to involve the private sector in the financing and provision of municipal infrastructure. Seven years earlier the City had...

Jakarta’s Transportation Problems

Publication Date: December 7, 2012

In January 2011 senior Indonesian officials were contemplating the results of a new travel survey that showed that the number of trips in the Jakarta metropolitan area was growing steadily while the share of trips made on public transportation...

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards 2017-2025

Publication Date: December 03, 2012

In December 2011, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a joint proposal to dramatically increase fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions of passenger...

California High-Speed Rail

Publication Date: November 18, 2010

In January 2010, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) was waiting to hear whether the Obama Administration would approve its application for $4.7 billion in federal stimulus funding to begin the construction of a $50-billion,...

Electric Vehicles in Cities

Publication Date: August 26, 2010

In 2010, San Francisco was an affiliate of the Large City Climate Leadership Group, an association of major cities around the world that recognized that climate change required global action but were not waiting for others to act. Many of these...

Crossrail (A): The Business Case (Abridged)

Publication Date: December 19, 2008

In 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a funding package for Crossrail, an ambitious project designed to relieve overcrowding on London's underground and railroad services by building a 21 kilometer (13 mile) tunnel under Central London...

Crossrail (B): The Politics of Approval

Publication Date: December 19, 2008

In 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a funding package for Crossrail, an ambitious project designed to relieve overcrowding on London's underground and railroad services by building a 21 kilometer (13 mile) tunnel under Central London...