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Tom Giovanetti

President, Institute for Policy Innovation

Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization based in Irving, Texas.

Latest Columns

Transportation

A free-market “yes” to Texas high-speed rail

By Tom Giovanetti, Dec. 14, 2018

High-speed rail projects in California are as different from the Texas Central Rail project as California is from Texas. Our private high-speed rail system will be up and running while California’s government-funded boondoggle drags California into insolvency.

Government

Ride sharing is win-win-win for passengers, drivers and cities

By Tom Giovanetti, May 6, 2016

Austin self-identifies as forward-looking and open to the new, so you'd think its leadership would see ride-sharing services like Uber as an opportunity, not a problem.