Full Title: Principles and Actions for More Effective Transportation Policy
Author(s): Nick Loris
Publisher(s): C3 Solutions
Publication Date: April 25, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
Affordable, reliable transportation is the backbone of American prosperity, touching everything from family budgets to national competitiveness. This white paper explains how a modernized, innovation‑friendly policy framework can both strengthen supply chains and accelerate environmental progress. Drawing on the sector’s track record of dramatic pollution cuts—cars and trucks are now 99 percent cleaner than they were in 1970—the authors argue that market‑driven advances such as AI‑optimized logistics, cleaner fuels, and autonomous technologies can further decouple growth from emissions while keeping costs in check.
The authors set out a clear, technology‑neutral path for lawmakers: streamline outdated regulations, empower private capital to invest in next‑generation infrastructure, and foster transparent emissions accounting that lets consumers and businesses reward genuine environmental performance. By letting competition, not command‑and‑control mandates, steer the transition, America can secure a transportation system that is safer, cleaner, and more affordable for every household and enterprise.