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Expertise: Infrastructure, transportation policy and finance
Kevin DeGood is the director of Infrastructure Policy at American Progress. His work focuses on how highway, transit, aviation, and maritime policy affect America’s global competitiveness, access to opportunity for diverse communities, and environmental sustainability.
Prior to joining American Progress, DeGood was the deputy policy director at Transportation for America, where he conducted research, provided legislative analysis, and advanced T4 campaign priorities with congressional leaders. In addition, DeGood served as the director of legislative affairs for Simon and Company, Inc., a federal affairs firm specializing in the representation of municipal governments and transit authorities.
DeGood holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects.
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| Flying Cars Will Undermine Democracy and the Environment | Center for American Progress | May 28, 2020 |
| Climate Change and Municipal Finance | Center for American Progress | May 6, 2020 |
| Infrastructure Investment Decisions Are Political, Not Technical | Center for American Progress | April 14, 2020 |
| A National and State Plan To End the Coronavirus Crisis | Center for American Progress | April 3, 2020 |
| 5 Infrastructure Principles for a Fiscal Stimulus Response to Coronavirus | Center for American Progress | March 6, 2020 |
| The Limits of Risk Transference Through Public-Private Partnerships | Center for American Progress | December 11, 2019 |
| Why an All-of-the-Above Transportation Strategy Doesn’t Work | Center for American Progress | November 13, 2019 |
| White Elephant Watch: Vol. 6 | Center for American Progress | September 19, 2019 |
| Reducing Carbon Pollution Through Infrastructure | Center for American Progress | September 3, 2019 |
| Building Interstate 11 through Arizona is a $7 billion waste | The Arizona Republic | August 26, 2019 |
| White Elephant Watch: Vol. 5 | Center for American Progress | August 8, 2019 |
| Building Progressive Infrastructure | Center for American Progress | January 31, 2019 |
| Understanding the Difference Between Safety and Access | Center for American Progress | December 6, 2018 |
| The Importance of NEPA Review for Infrastructure Projects | Center for American Progress | August 16, 2018 |
| Purchasing Public Benefits Through Public-Private Partnerships | Center for American Progress | August 9, 2018 |
| When Public-Private Partnerships Fail: A Look at Southern Indiana’s I-69 Project | Center for American Progress | February 15, 2018 |
| Trump’s Budget Reveals that He Wants Everyday Americans to Pay for His Tax Cuts for the Wealthy | Center for American Progress | February 12, 2018 |
| 6 Things to Watch for in Trump’s Infrastructure Scam | Center for American Progress | February 9, 2018 |
| State of the Union Preview: Trump Is Rigging the Economy Against Workers and the Middle Class | Center for American Progress | January 29, 2018 |
| Highway Trust Fund Cuts by State | Center for American Progress | January 19, 2018 |
| The Benefits of NEPA: How Environmental Review Empowers Communities and Produces Better Projects | Center for American Progress | January 16, 2018 |
| The Limits Of Engineering | The Huffington Post | September 21, 2017 |
| How should America pay for its infrastructure needs? | Illinois Business Journal | June 6, 2017 |
| How the Trump Budget Undermines Economic Security for Working Families | Center for American Progress | May 23, 2017 |
| Debunking the False Claims of Environmental Review Opponents | Center for American Progress | May 3, 2017 |
| Build First, Ask Questions Later | Center for American Progress | May 3, 2017 |
| Doublespeak and the National Debt | Center for American Progress | March 30, 2017 |
| Building a 21st-Century Infrastructure for America: The Role of Federal Agencies in Water Infrastructure | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | March 9, 2017 |
| What the Oroville Dam Disaster Says About America’s Aging Infrastructure | Fortune | February 18, 2017 |
| A Plan for Rebuilding America and Investing in Workers and Jobs | Center for American Progress | February 1, 2017 |
| Trump’s infrastructure plan leaves U.S. behind, enriches Wall Street | MarketWatch | December 12, 2016 |
| How Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Fails America | Center for American Progress | December 1, 2016 |
| Assessing Claims About Public-Private Partnerships | Center for American Progress | August 10, 2016 |
| Understanding the Limitations of Autonomous Vehicles and the Need for Public Transportation | Center for American Progress | August 4, 2016 |
| The Hazards of Noncompete Clauses in Public-Private Partnership Deals | Center for American Progress | July 27, 2016 |
| An Infrastructure Plan for America | Center for American Progress | July 14, 2016 |
| Fact Sheet: A Plan for Investing in America’s Infrastructure | Center for American Progress | July 14, 2016 |
| Wrong-Headed Economics Stops Us Replacing Lead Pipes | Newsweek | May 17, 2016 |
| The Danger of Measuring Roadway Congestion Wrong | Center for American Progress | May 4, 2016 |
| Can New Transportation Technologies Improve Equity and Access to Opportunity? | Center for American Progress | April 27, 2016 |
| Leveraging New Transportation Technology to Increase Affordable Housing | InsideSources | February 17, 2016 |
| How Congress Should Respond to the Flint Water Crisis | Center for American Progress | February 17, 2016 |
| Larry Hogan’s hovering white elephant | The Washington Post | January 22, 2016 |
| Complete Streets: Orlando, Florida | Center for American Progress | December 17, 2015 |
| White Elephant Watch: Vol. 4 | Center for American Progress | December 3, 2015 |
| White Elephant Watch: Vol. 3 | Center for American Progress | September 28, 2015 |
| White Elephant Watch: Vol. 2 | Center for American Progress | September 28, 2015 |
| White Elephant Watch: Vol. 1 | Center for American Progress | September 28, 2015 |
| Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Misses an Opportunity for Reform | Center for American Progress | June 30, 2015 |
| Top 5 Worst Provisions in the House FY 2016 Transportation Appropriations Bill | Center for American Progress | June 12, 2015 |
| Understanding Amtrak and the Importance of Passenger Rail in the United States | Center for American Progress | June 4, 2015 |
| 4 Essential Questions About Air Traffic Control Privatization | Center for American Progress | May 5, 2015 |
| The Tortured Logic of the Heritage Foundation on Public Transportation | Center for American Progress | February 24, 2015 |
| Advancing a Multimodal Transportation System by Eliminating Funding Restrictions | Center for American Progress | January 28, 2015 |
| Public Transportation and the Path Dependency of Highway Investments | Center for American Progress | December 18, 2014 |
| Public-Private Partnerships | Center for American Progress | December 8, 2014 |
| Switching from a Gas Tax to a Mileage-Based User Fee | Center for American Progress | July 11, 2014 |
| Opinion: Governor’s transportation policies running on empty | The Record | May 7, 2014 |
| Repatriation Tax Holiday Is Not a Fix for Highway Trust Fund Insolvency | Roll Call | May 6, 2014 |
| Fiscal Year 2015 Ryan Budget by the Numbers | Center for American Progress | April 4, 2014 |
| U.S. needs a mileage-based tax to boost transportation funding | The Denver Post | March 19, 2014 |
| Understanding the Highway Trust Fund and the Perils of Inaction | Center for American Progress | February 20, 2014 |
| Misguided Transportation Policy: For Sen. Lee, Ideology Trumps What’s Best for Utah | Center for American Progress | February 18, 2014 |
| Building a 21st Century Infrastructure | Center for American Progress | February 12, 2014 |
| Improving Metropolitan Mobility | Center for American Progress | February 12, 2014 |
| Complete Streets: Why America Needs the Safe Streets Act of 2013 | Center for American Progress | December 10, 2013 |
| Clean Water Infrastructure | Center for American Progress | November 4, 2013 |
