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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I made a presentation about this at the University of Delaware public policy school in early 2010, " Metropolitan Mass Transit Planning presentation " (link to presentation within). inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). This concept eludes almost everyone who writes about transit. It's about speed versus access. And financing.

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COVID-19: Airline Bankruptcy? (with Michael Huerta)

Policy Chats

In this episode, former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the possibilities of the airline industry facing bankruptcy due to COVID-19. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines, Inc.

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COVID-19: Airline Bankruptcy? (with Michael Huerta)

Policy Chats

In this episode, former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the possibilities of the airline industry facing bankruptcy due to COVID-19. Guest: Michael Huerta (UCR alum and School of Public Policy Advisory Board Member).

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

taxpaying public. 12 This means that the taxpayers are now officially (again, using FHFA calculations) earning a sub-standard return on their investment, providing what amounts to a large, hidden, and never-congressionally-approved economic subsidy to the GSEs, 13 which is not good public policy. 22] See the G-fee Report, pp.

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