Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| Most Jobs Not Accessible by Transit At least 96 percent of jobs in the largest metropolitan areas would be inaccessible by transit in 30 minutes for the average resident... |
| Transportation: From the Top Down or Bottom Up? Top-down transportation planning quickly turns into a combination of social engineering and pork barrel... |
| Should "Better Safe than Sorry" Guide Our Public Policy? The precautionary principle provides no meaningful guidance to pressing policy questions... |
| Public-Sector Unionism: A Review In 2009, membership in public sector unions surpassed membership in private sector unions for the first time in U.S. history... |
| Common Sense Solutions for America's Transportation Challenges The nation's transportation system can be improved at taxpayer-friendly costs by considering options such as high-occupancy toll lanes and intelligent transportation systems... |
| Lease State Parks California has let state parks deteriorate to the point that they need $1 billion in repair and maintenance... |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development Ignores Problems Nationwide, nearly 700 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development projects awarded $400 million have been idling for years... |
| Prison Not Most Cost-Effective Way to Treat Low-Risk Substance Abuse Offenders Low-risk substance abuse offenders directed into an evidence-based probation and treatment program were 22 percent less likely to recidivate within a year after the program than comparable offenders sent to prison... |
| U.S. Postal Service Must Streamline In 2006 the U.S. Postal Service processed and distributed 213 billion pieces of mail; by 2010 that number had dropped to 170 billion... |
| Effective Reentry Programs Can Keep Ex-Prisoners Out of Jail Forty-three percent of American offenders are returned to state prison within three years of their release... |
