RTA members,
Happy Thursday to everyone.
We have more than 300 regional colleagues from business, transportation, and government who are registered to hear the address from our keynote speaker Andrew Miller, Ph.D. at our sold-out RTA 2026 Transportation Brunch event.
Andrew will offer his perspectives on transportation innovation and on our polycentric market, along with updates from several RTA Steering Committee members including RTA chair Sarah Gaskill with FUJIFILM Biotechnologies.
Whether or not you are able to join us for the event, you can still gain his insights by reviewing some of his recent work.
Here is a sample of articles and pieces from Dr. Miller on various topics that you may find of interest:
1 – Article on American railway system, and the benefits to freight transportation and commerce
2 – Article on high cost challenges facing transit delivery in North America.
- Article written by Andrew on automation – https://ifp.org/close-americas-transit-automation-gap/
- [For background, you can also view this piece on the overall playbook – https://ifp.org/transit-abundance-playbook/]
3 – The impact of automated vehicles on transportation broadly, including overall vehicle miles traveled and transit
- Interview with Dr. Benjamin Shiller of Brandeis Univ. – https://www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/forty-per-cent-more-driving
4a, 4b – Articles on airport capacity, aviation system capacity, and security
- https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/opinion/the-tsa-has-major-structural-problems-that-need-to-be-fixed/
- https://nypost.com/2026/03/25/opinion/true-cause-of-deadly-laguardia-plane-crash-horror-is-hiding-in-plain-sight/
5a, 5b – Pieces on transit funding frameworks, including zero fare / free transit
- https://www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/progress-and-public-transit-part
- https://www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/public-transit-should-not-be-free
I hope you find these pieces good food for transportation policy thought.
We look forward to meeting Andrew at our Brunch this week.
Let’s get moving,
Joe
Joe Milazzo II, PE
RTA executive director
