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Robert W. Poole, Jr.

By Badger InstituteAugust 22, 2022
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Robert W. Poole Jr. is director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow at Reason Foundation. Poole, an MIT-trained engineer, advised the Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush administrations on infrastructure issues.

Poole has advised the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the White House Office of Policy Development, National Economic Council, Government Accountability Office and the Department of Transportation in numerous states. He has written hundreds of articles, papers and policy studies on privatization and transportation issues. His popular writings have appeared in national newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes and numerous other publications. He also has been a guest on network television programs such as “Good Morning America,” “NBC Nightly News,” “ABC World News Tonight” and “CBS Evening News.” Poole writes a monthly column on transportation issues for Public Works Financing.

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Why are Wisconsin’s highways in the bottom third nationwide?

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Misconceptions on tolling’s potential

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A green light for fixing Wisconsin’s Interstates

Bipartisan legislative support for a tolling study likely exists and is validated by two major reports.
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Tolling is the only realistic solution to transportation funding dilemma

Wisconsin ranks 38th in the latest state highway systems report.
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Wisconsin should act now on Interstate tolling

Wisconsin needs to solve its highway funding shortfall, and toll-financed Interstate modernization is a powerful tool for doing so.
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The right way to modernize Wisconsin’s Interstates

Voters and legislators need to face the need to reconstruct this vital resource over the next several decades
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Toll roads in Wisconsin

Revenue from tolling could help solve the state’s transportation funding dilemma.
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