ITPI Commentary in Sector: Transportation Infrastructure

Boeing's Dreamliner – A Cautionary Tale for Government Outsourcers

04/30/2013

The Boeing Dreamliner 787 will resume flights at the end of this month after being grounded by the FAA in January when the plane’s lithium-ion battery caught fire. Regulators and Boeing are still investigating the source of the problem, looking for a fix and hoping to get the newly designed planes back in the air.

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Transportation Infrastructure

Private High-Speed Rail: A Dangerous Fantasy

07/20/2011

By Phineas Baxandall, U.S. PIRG

The politics of high-speed rail can be bizarre. Few people actually oppose connecting our cities with fast intercity trains. Most of the industrialized world has already shown that the idea is popular and works well. The politicians that do the most to prevent high-speed rail generally claim to be fans of bullet trains who just want the task to be left to the private sector.

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Transportation Infrastructure