Robert W. Poole, Jr. is Director of Transportation Studies at Reason Foundation. He received his B.S. and M.S. in engineering from MIT and worked in aerospace before launching Reason Foundation in 1978. He has advised the U.S., California, and Florida departments of transportation, as well as the Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush White Houses on transportation policy issues. He was a member of California’s Commission on Transportation Investment in 1995-96.