A little-noticed vote in Richmond last week shows the difficulty of keeping government within reasonable bounds when a significant private-sector player, allied with officialdom, seems to prefer […]
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Though only out of office for a month, it is already clear that one of the most important and potentially lasting legacies of the administration […]
Smart traffic lights are no cure-all for Virginia’s congested road network but VDOT increasingly regards them as part of the solution. Northern Virginia traffic was […]
Companies everywhere extol their sustainable development programs and goals. Sustainability drives UN programs like Agenda 21, EU and US green energy initiatives, and myriad manufacturing, […]
The Thomas Jefferson Institute has released its analysis of the Governor’s Transportation Plan and an alternative plan crafted by the Institute. The paper, “A Transportation […]
Virginians care about the health of their rivers and streams. The Commonwealth has long been an active partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in […]
An anti-poverty commission appointed by Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has produced a schizophrenic report recommending how to address poverty in the city. On the one […]
(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a publication of the Reason Foundation.)Last fall when I began focusing on the impending Jan. 2nd federal […]
(This column ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on February 4, 2013.) Home affordability in the Richmond region stood at its highest level in the […]
In the waning months of service as one of nine Virginia Retirement System trustees, I find myself in simpatico with Rod Smyth, Chairman of the […]