Emily Goff

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Emily Goff advances conservative solutions to transportation and infrastructure policy issues as a policy analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.

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  • New House Bill Unlikely to End Amtrak’s Habit of Losing Taxpayer Money Selling Food

    Emily Goff
    Don’t expect Amtrak to stop selling $16.15 burgers for $9.50—and asking taxpayers to subsidize the loss. In a 2012 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, then-chairman Rep. John Mica, R.-Fla., expressed outrage about Amtrak’s $16.15 hamburgers: $9.50 is paid by passenger and the rest subsidized by taxpayers. He went on to say that Amtrak’s $84…
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  • Why Washington Shouldn’t Control Transportation Decisions

    Emily Goff
  • Support Family-Friendly, Economically-Wise Policies—Not Transportation Pork or Dependency

    Ryan T. Anderson
  • Obama Wants to Hike Corporate Taxes to Pay For Infrastructure. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea.

    Curtis Dubay
  • Senate Hearing: Four Surface Transportation Policies Worth Knowing About

    Emily Goff
  • D.C. Taxicabs Forced to Follow Another Regulation

    Emily Goff
  • Spending Bill: House Caves to Senate on Transportation Funding

    Emily Goff
  • D.C. Streetcar: Follow Arlington’s Lead

    Emily Goff
  • HTF: Lame Duck Would Deprive Congress of Real Debate

    Emily Goff
  • ’Lame Duck’ Is Not the Time for a Highway Bill

    Emily Goff
  • States Already Have Transportation Funding Independence

    Emily Goff
  • Here’s a Crazy Idea: What About Reforming Transportation Spending Instead of Hiking Taxes?

    Emily Goff
  • Hiking the Federal Gas Tax Is a Mistake. Here’s Why.

    Emily Goff
  • A Federal Gas Tax Hike for…What, Exactly?

    Emily Goff
  • Congress Going Postal to Bail Out Highway Trust Fund

    Emily Goff