Wilcoxen comments on Trump's (SAFE) Vehicles rule in Washington Post

January 23, 2020

The Washington Post

Peter Wilcoxen

Public Administration & International Affairs Department

Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Center for Policy Research

Federal

Infrastructure

United States

The Washington Post

Peter Wilcoxen

Professor Peter Wilcoxen, who chairs the EPA Science Advisory Board's review of the rule, says the original proposal’s cost and benefit projections stemmed from flawed assumptions. "The core justification does not rely on a sound scientific basis," he says. Wilcoxen was interviewed for the Washington Post article "Trump promised his mileage standards would make cars cheaper and safer. New documents raise doubts about that." 01/23/20