Daniel Convissor's Website

Transportation Finance

Budgets

• Giuliani Capital Plan: Transport Spending Defies Reality. My analysis of the Mayor's May 1994 capital plan

• NYC's New Capital Commitment Plan: Mayor's Transport Policy Is Lost My analysis of Mayor Giuliani's September 1994 capital plan.

• Daniel Convissor is quoted in "Planned High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes are Criticized by Environmentalists." By Guy Baehr. The Star-Ledger, 19 September 1993.

• State Making Major Cuts to Transit (Aug-95)

Pricing

• NYC Transit Fare Recovery Ratio

• NYC Residents Want Transit Spending Over Highway Spending

• Removing tolls from roads can only be done if we also remove tolls from transit. "Debating Merits of Tolls on Roads." By Daniel Convissor. Letter to the Editor of The Star-Ledger published on 29 April 1992.

• Pataki's Plans will Kill NYC Transit

• Fare Hike is a Tax Increase

• Mayor Giuliani's Changing Stance on Transit Funding

• Gasoline is Cheaper Now Than in the 1950's

• Transportation and Tax Policy

• Using the Gas Tax for Deficit Reduction

• The Gas Tax Doesn't Cover It

Economic Benefits

• Transportation Spending and Economic Growth

• Transportation Cash Flow

• Infrastructure investment for economic stimulation: "All Aboard the Economic Recovery Flier." By Daniel Convissor. A Letter to the Editor of The New York Times 11 February 1993.

• Highways aren't the only way to bolster the economy. "Portland Bypasses Progress." By Daniel Convissor. A Letter to the Editor of World Watch magazine, published in January 1992.

Legislation

• TEA-21

• Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

• Put the E back in ISTEA:
  The Efficiency Feebate Apportionment Process
  Congress will be reauthorizing our nation's transportation funding law, nicknamed ISTEA. If you're interested in seeing more support, aka $$$, for alternative transportation, you should check out EFAP.