Policy Blog
Our policy blog contains shorter news, overview, or analysis of issues giving the general public, policymakers, and industry leaders an update or review of a new issue or refresher of a longstanding one. They cover a number of public policy challenges, focusing on pro-innovation solutions that can be implemented in a nonpartisan way through law, regulation, or simply best practices. These include an issue background, explanation of the challenge, and proposed solutions or recommendations. Aii white papers are longer than policy briefs, but not more complicated. To ensure you are up to speed and ready for these reports, try reading our policy blogs and briefs. Want a deeper dive on a single topic? Visit our Issues pages for background, challenges, solutions, and all our analysis on the subject.
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Your Home as a Power Plant
Residential solar systems are becoming an increasingly popular trend in the United States. By the end of 2018, the U.S. had installed enough solar panels […]
Read MoreNew Report: The Revenue Failure of the Highway Trust Fund
The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii) released a new report today highlighting the declining revenue into the Highway Trust Fund and the looming insolvency […]
Read MoreLooming Highway Trust Fund Insolvency
What is Fuel Dumping and Why Does it Happen?
You are enjoying your day, looking up at the shapes in the clouds when all of a sudden, a pilot far above you releases thousands […]
Read MoreIt’s Time for Nationwide Adoption of Enhanced Positive Response
Has the Car of the Future Arrived?
Fires, Climate Change, and More
Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion Despite U.S. Opposition Effort
Despite years of lobbying from the U.S. to stop the Russian natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, it is all but complete as we enter […]
Read MoreCongress Moves forward with NDAA, blocking Chinese metro and bus activity
Congress has moved forward with reauthorization of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the House voting to include language known as the Transit Infrastructure […]
Read MoreHow Green Are Electric Vehicles Really?
To many, the Tesla brand has become synonymous with sustainability, an unprecedented feat considering the automobile industry has often been deemed the antithesis of a […]
Read MoreAii Asks: What tax does the federal government add to every gallon of gasoline you pump?
3 Unintended Consequences For Regulators to Consider
Everyone makes mistakes, but regulators have a higher responsibility to be careful and deliberate. Institutional speed bumps help keep the pace slow, reducing the speed […]
Read MoreData as a solution to potholes
Down to Earth: Ohio’s Geothermal Energy Innovation
Miami University, a public research university located in the small city of Oxford, OH, has been making unprecedented progress in the field of geothermal energy. […]
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