Category: P3 Center in the Media

Center Director Jonathan Gifford comments on private financing for infrastructure in a Jan 27th, 2015 article featured in Bloomberg:  http://bloom.bg/1z2RaEo

“The shift to National…it’s a significant problem for the financial viability of Dulles.” — Dr. Jonathan Gifford

To see the full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/dulles-international-airport-struggles-to-find-its-footing/2014/11/27/2d7b9d80-66c9-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html

A slowdown in domestic traffic at Dulles International Airport has touched off concern about the airport’s viability. Dulles has long been billed as the region’s international hub, but recent days have been unkind to the airport. Center Director, Dr. Jonathan Gifford, and Kenneth Button, Director of George Mason’s Center for Transportation, Policy, Operations and Logistics, are both quoted in the article. To read the article in full, click here.

Thousands of commuters may wonder if there’s enough parking at the new Wiehle-Reston East stop on Metro’s Silver Line, but few, says Jeong Yun Kweun, will think about the public-private partnership that made it possible. Kweun, a PhD student at George Mason University’s School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, is working on a study that may have impact on parking at all the stops, including those not yet built.

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Center Chair Jonathan Gifford Responds to President’s “Build America Transportation Investment Center” Remarks.