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White Paper: Separated Function and Distributed Accountability in Contract Air Cargo: Legal Boundaries Tested by the Amazon–21 Air Structure

Posted on September 9, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The September 6, 2026, runway overrun of a Boeing 767-300 freighter at Miami International Airport, operating for Amazon’s Prime Air network under the certificate of 21 Air, LLC, occurred within a commercial structure that separates three functions American aviation … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Conditional Typology of Rural Transportation Provision, Including Withdrawal, With Criteria Declared in Advance

Posted on August 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Purpose and Method This paper specifies decision criteria for determining which transportation approach — if any — is appropriate for a given rural American community, and applies them to produce a typology. It is written to a constraint: the … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Connectivity Rather Than Modes: An Integrated Bus, Rail, and Air Framework for American Communities

Posted on August 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Executive Summary The United States does not have a rural transportation problem so much as a rural transfer problem. Each mode is separately funded, separately planned, separately measured, and separately advocated for — and the trips people actually need … Continue reading →

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The Continental Lattice: Megaregions of North America — Span, Cohesion, and a Working Typology: A White Paper

Posted on August 3, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. The Problem of the Unit North American settlement is routinely described at two scales and governed at a third. Analysts speak of metropolitan areas — the commuting-defined statistical units that agencies in all three countries produce — and of … Continue reading →

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Feeding the March: Sherman’s Georgia and Carolinas Campaigns as a Recovery of Early Modern Logistics: A White Paper

Posted on July 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The logistical arrangements of William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea (November–December 1864) and Carolinas campaign (January–April 1865) are routinely described as an innovation — the birth of modern operational war, the ancestor of the motorized deep thrust, the … Continue reading →

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A Full Night’s Rest: What It Would Take for Truck Drivers to Sleep at Truck Stops and Retire the Split-Sleeper Workaround

Posted on July 5, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Federal regulators, carriers, and shippers all profess to want the same thing: a professional driver who parks at a proper facility in the evening, sleeps a consolidated block through the night, and returns to the road rested and … Continue reading →

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On the Transportation Constraints Surrounding Bravian Capitals and Their Implications for the Size and Provisioning of Seats of Government

Posted on May 10, 2026 by nathanalbright

Provincial College of Porterville Working Paper Series in Covenantal Political Economy Working Paper No. 15 Albrecht Wegmüller, Chair of Public Works and Civil Covenants with reference to the typological work of H. Tschudi Porterville, Ninth Month 3015 Abstract This paper … Continue reading →

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Space Logistics and Launch Capacity: Launch Cadence as the Decisive Variable in Orbital Competition

Posted on March 15, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Strategic competition in orbital space has generated an extensive literature on counterspace weapons, deterrence architecture, orbital mechanics, and the governance of space-based military infrastructure, but has devoted comparatively little systematic attention to the logistical foundation upon which all orbital … Continue reading →

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Why California High-Speed Rail Became a Boondoggle (Even by Transit Standards) — and What “Reasonable” Infrastructure Models Look Like

Posted on February 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive summary California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) became a boondoggle through a familiar but unusually concentrated mix of problems: an over-ambitious statewide promise without a locked funding plan, weak cost/schedule realism early on, fragmented governance and delivery, delayed right-of-way and utility … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Why Off-the-Beaten-Path Small Towns Often Have Higher Grocery Prices Even When Distance Isn’t the Issue

Posted on January 12, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Many people assume grocery prices are mainly a function of miles: farther away means higher transport costs. Yet small towns that are not especially remote in straight-line distance frequently face noticeably higher grocery prices than larger, better-connected cities. … Continue reading →

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