Recent Articles

Below is a comprehensive list of articles on various topics including transportation equity, regulatory policy and workforce productivity.

Airlines are nickel and diming travellers, but the real culprit is the government (Dec 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Air Canada pilots want American salaries. But they are not in America (Sep 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Is gig worker pay transparency really too much to hope for? (Aug 2024 – Financial Times)

WestJet travelers deserve more than just refunds (Jul 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Striking WestJet mechanics make only $109,000 on average. Oh, the humanity (Jul 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Honda’s deal is good but for who? (Apr 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Delays in production show all that EV glitter isn’t gold (Apr 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Boeing isn’t the only one to blame for the Max 9′s problems (Jan 2024 – Globe and Mail)

Dear Ottawa: Mandating electric-vehicle sales is a bad idea (Dec 2023 – Globe and Mail)

Pragmatic public policies for energy abundance and affordability (Nov 2023 – The Liberal Patriot)

Even with a pay hike, the UAW was problems (Sep 2023 – Chicago Tribune)

Why planes are (almost) crashing? (Aug 2023 – Globe and Mail)

Don’t Expect Mass Adoption of Electric Cars Anytime Soon (Apr 2023 - Wall Street Journal)

Low-income Americans need affordable EVs: Good luck finding them (Feb 2023 – Chicago Tribune)

Don’t renew the child tax credit. Reform it (Dec 2022 – Chicago Tribune)

EVs are selling like hotcakes. Don’t rejoice just yet (Dec 2022 – Boston Globe)

Should we get rid of air miles to tackle climate change? (Nov 2022 – BBC)

The truth about the child tax credit (Oct 2022 – Washington Post)

Want to Fight Climate Change? Do It Yourself (Aug 2022 – Newsweek)

Our love for cheap airfare has pushed airports to the brink (Jul 2022 – Globe and Mail)

The peculiar economics of robocabs (Jun 2022 – Financial Times)

How long-haul travel will change post-Covid (May 2022 – BBC)

Poor mothers get shut out of the Child Tax Credit, our research finds (May 2022 – Washington Post)

Your Tesla is killing the planet (April 2022 – Dallas Morning News)

Electric vehicles don’t need gas, but the costs are racking up (Dec 2021 – Financial Times)

Canada’s new travel rules are needlessly confusing (Dec 2021 – Globe and Mail)

Sure, it would be better if Air Canada’s CEO spoke French but . . (Nov 2021 – Globe and Mail)

Automation doesn’t just create or destroy jobs: it transforms them (Nov 2021 – Harvard Business Review)

The right to disconnect (Nov 2021 – Globe and Mail)

What counts as fully vaccinated? (Oct 2021- Globe and Mail)

Want to save the planet? Share a ride (Sep 2021 - Financial Times)

The inequities of electric vehicles (Aug 2021 – Financial Times)

The driverless dream is dead (Jun 2021 – Business Insider)

If Belarus believed the Ryanair flight was a threat, it had authority to make it land. That’s a big if. (May 2021 – Washington Post)

The Biden Administration shouldn’t ignore hybrid cars (Apr 2021 – Financial Times)

Electric cars aren’t the answer you’re being sold (Apr 2021 – USA Today)

Transportation's Role in a Pandemic of Inequality (Mar 2021 – Real Clear Policy)

Big oil isn’t the (only) climate boogeyman (Feb 2021 – Financial Times)

Hey Air Canada, where’s my travel voucher? (Jan 2021 – Globe and Mail)

What the MAX tells us about automation (Nov 2020 – Financial Times)

Driverless cars have an emissions problem (Oct 2020 – BBC)

Biden’s misguided climate plan (Sep 2020 – Financial Times)

Ride-hailing’s collapsing house of cards (Aug 2020 – Financial Times)

Will Covid-19 change air travel? (Jul 2020 – BBC)

Airlines shouldn’t block the middle seat (Jul 2020 - Globe and Mail)

Ride-Hailing’s electric delusion (Jun 2020 – Financial Times)

Flyers shouldn’t get refunds (May 2020 – Globe and Mail)

An airline bailout should come with conditions (May 2020 – Globe and Mail)

Regulate the skies (Apr 2020 – Financial Times)

Airlines should have emergency cash like banks (Mar 2020 – USA Today)

Combustion engines are still the future (Feb 2020 – Washington Post)

Air safety shouldn’t be politicized (Jan 2020 – Globe and Mail)

If distracted driving kills, why do we do it? (Nov 2019 – Globe and Mail)

Three takeaways from Boeing’s Capitol Hill Appearance (Nov 2019 – Washington Post)

Three things that could kill pilotless planes (Oct 2019 – BBC)

Voters care about the planet but not enough to pay (Sep 2019 – Financial Times)

Democrats promise action on climate change. Here’s what stands in the way (Aug 2019 – Washington Post)

The winners and losers of a minimum wage hike (Jul 2019 – The Spectator)

Turning autonomous cars into profit won't be easy (Jul 2019 - Globe and Mail)

Green technology will not save us (Jun 2019 – Financial Times)

Gaming the sharing economy (May 2019 – Financial Times)

Driverless cars: researchers have made a wrong turn (May 2019 – Nature)

Robotaxi revolution has one significant flaw: Cost (May 2019 – Automotive News)

Uber issues its IPO this week: tomorrow its drivers are threatening to strike (May 2019: Washington Post)

Mandating all airplane safety features? Be careful what you wish for (Mar 2019 – Globe and Mail)

Boeing should charge for safety (Mar 2019 – Financial Times)

Canada needs aircraft certification standards that don't simply acquiesce to the U.S. (Mar 2019 – CBC)

The Ironies of Automation (Mar 2019 – Financial Times)

Is the Boeing 737 Max safe? That depends on how you define safety (Mar 2019 – Globe and Mail)

Driverless Cars and the Poor (Mar 2019 – The Guardian)

Countries are piling on to ban Boeing’s new plane from their airspace (Mar 2019 – Washington Post)

Driverless cars? Don’t hold your breath (Mar 2019 – USA Today)

The cost of self-driving cars will be the biggest barrier to their adoption (Feb 2019 – Harvard Business Review)

Ottawa comes close on drones – but misses its mark (Jan 2019 – Globe and Mail)

In 2019, we should beware the robo-interviewer (Jan 2019 – Globe and Mail)

Driverless taxis run on expensive people power (Dec 2018 – Financial Times)

Here’s what you need to know about the French fuel protests (Dec 2018 – Washington Post)

GM thinks layoffs will boost its bottom line. The reality is more complicated (Dec 2018 – Washington Post)

Robotaxis are coming. So why are we unprepared? (Nov 2018 – Wired)

Ottawa must diverge from its wrong path to air safety (Oct 2018 – Globe and Mail)

Would lowering fuel economy standards boost car sales? (Sep 2018 – Scientific American)

Self-driving cars are on the road to nowhere (Jul 2018 – Foreign Policy)

Ride-hailing encourage distracted driving. Why aren’t we pumping the brakes? (June 2018 – Globe and Mail)

The US and UAE resolved an air dispute. Or did they? (May 2018 – Washington Post)

WestJet's labour dispute is about expanding union influence, not protecting existing jobs (May 2018 – CBC)

After the Southwest Airlines incident, will Congress change air safety rules? (Apr 2018 – Washington Post)

Driverless cars are not ready for the road (Apr 2018 – The Independent)

Why I won’t ride a robo-taxi (Mar 2018 – Globe and Mail)

The problem isn’t job-stealing robots. It’s us (Mar 2018 – Globe and Mail)

Driverless doesn’t mean ‘humanless’ (Feb 2018 – Toronto Star)

Bombardier just bested Boeing in a trade dispute: Here’s what you need to know (Jan 2018 – Washington Post)

Why flying isn’t as safe as we are told (Jan 2018 – Globe and Mail)

America’s Skies Need Fixing (Jan 2018 – Forbes)

Germany wants to scrap the 8-hour workday: Here’s what you need to know (Nov 2017 – Washington Post)

Canadian consumers are paying the price for Ottawa's aerospace subsidies (Oct 2017 – CBC)

Why are Boeing and the U.S. in a trade war with Canada and the U.K.? (Oct 2017 - Washington Post)

Delta's Support of Bombardier Exposes Its Hypocrisy (Oct 2017 – Forbes)

The Hidden Cost of Controller Fatigue (Sep 2017 – Air Traffic Management)

Trump, Trade, and the Open Skies (Sep 2017 – Foreign Affairs)

The Crumbling Case against Gulf Subsidies (Aug 2017 – Forbes)

Canada’s new air safety changes great for pilots: But what about passengers? (Jul 2017 – Globe and Mail)

Whatever Happened To Evidence-Based Policy Making? (Jul 2017 – Forbes)

Trump's Air Traffic Privatization Scheme Could Trigger Tech Improvements (Jun 2017 – Scientific American)

The biggest Trump-era trade dispute may be over airlines. Here’s what’s happening (Jun 2017 – Washington Post)

How employment laws affect your airfare (Jun 2017 – Forbes)

Is Trump’s Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control a Good Idea? (Jun 2017 - The Atlantic)

Trump wants to privatize air traffic control: here’s what that means (Jun 2017 – Washington Post)

US Airlines Should Stop Complaining and Start Competing (May 2017 - Forbes)

WestJet – ‘LessJet’ – crams more people on flights: It’s what Canadians want (Apr 2017 – Globe and Mail)

Is your pilot drunk? Unions are making it hard to know for sure (Apr 2017 – Financial Post)

The Solution to United’s Misfortunes Is Not What You’ve Been Told (Apr 2017 - Forbes)

Unions Are Hurting Public Safety (Apr 2017 – Forbes)

A Path to Legal Status but Not Citizenship (Mar 2017 – National Review)

Regulations Should Help Americans: This One Doesn’t (Mar 2017 – Forbes)

Why you should be skeptical about pilot fatigue claims (Mar 2017 – Forbes)

The No. 1 victim of the travel ban? America’s schools (Feb 2017 - The Hill)

Pot. Kettle. Black: The US and Norwegian Air (Jan 2017 - Forbes)

The safety case for privatization isn’t a slam dunk (Jan 2017 – Aviation Week)

Blame unions for our drunk pilot problem (Jan 2017 – Globe and Mail)

What Trump will mean for Air Travel (Dec 2016 – Scientific American)

Government airline subsidies . . . So what? (Nov 2016 – Forbes)

Burning planes, carry-on obsessed passengers and fines (Nov 2016 – Aviation Week)

This technology could reshape the aviation industry (Nov 2016 – New Statesman)

Elon Musk says perfect driverless safety is impossible. He’s Right (Sep 2016 – Orlando Sentinel)

Air Traffic Control without Towers (Sep 2016 – Scientific American)

Canada’s cockpit intoxication laws require a course correction (Aug 2016 – Globe and Mail)

Europe’s approach to drone regulation requires a rethink (Aug 2016 – Politico Europe)

If to err is human, should technology help us shed some humanity? (Jul 2016 – NPR)

America’s air traffic control problem is not what you think (Jun 2016 – The Hill)

Safety is a hard sell: Here’s why (Apr 2016 – Aviation Week)

Blame science for snoozing on the flight deck (Mar 2016 – Aviation Week)

In defense of cost-effective safety (Mar 2016 – Aviation Week)

Fantastic tech is making pilot fatigue even more perplexing (Mar 2016 – Wired)

Here’s why budget airlines aren’t less safe (Mar 2016 – Baltimore Sun)

The economics of staying alert (Feb 2016 – Aviation Week)

What about America’s Legal Migrants? (Nov 2015 – The Hill)

Tackling America’s perceived air traffic controller shortage (Nov 2015 - Aviation Week)

Improving safety means changing technological design (Oct 2015 – Christian Science Monitor)

Rethinking safety in the age of technology (Oct 2015 – Aviation Week)

The $93,000 Question (Aug 2015 – The Hill)

Be careful what you wish for (Jul 2015 – Aviation Week)

The Fatigue Conundrum (May 2015 – American Scientist)

The rule of two (or three): right sentiment, inadequate response (Apr 2015 – Aviation Week)

Customer experience is the next competitive battleground (Mar 2015 – Aviation Week)

Addressing workforce shortages mean less talk and more technology (Feb 2015 – Aviation Week)

Why less legroom may mean less safe (Jan 2015 – Aviation Week)

Flying into the unknown with remote towers (Dec 2014 – Aviation Week)

The time to strike is upon us but it won’t last long (Nov 2014 – Aviation Week)

Putting public safety ahead of three-day weekends takes courage (Oct 2014 - Aviation Week)

How our love of cheap airfares may be hurting the aviation industry (Sep 2014 - Aviation Week)

Keeping time (Jan 2014 – Air Traffic Management)

Why addressing pilot fatigue is a messy affair (Dec 2013 – Aviation Week)