Randal O'Toole

Cato Institute

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1.

Does Rail Transit Save Energy or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Cato Policy Analysis No. 615
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Sep 2008
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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Randal O'Toole, environment, rail, transit, greenhouse gases, emissions, railroads, public transportation, energy, hybrid-cars, fuel-efficient

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The Folly of Smart-Growth

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 Dec 2001
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 434 (116,496)
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Policy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 758
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Jan 2015
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 325 (160,868)

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self-driving cars, partially autonomous vehicles, fully autonomous vehicles, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, New Starts program alternative

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Debunking Portland: The City that Doesn't Work

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 596
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Oct 2007
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 319 (164,046)
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debunking portland, randal o'toole, urban planning, integrated land-use and transportation, urban sprawl, urban-growth boundary, population density, transit projects, mixed-use developments, voting, property rights, light-rail mafia, construction contracts, urban-renewal subsidies, livability

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Defining Success: The Case Against Rail Transit

Cato Institute Policy Analysis Paper No. 663
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 May 2010
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 226 (232,121)
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The Great Streetcar Conspiracy

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 699
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Mar 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 200 (259,968)

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federal transportation subsidies, state transportation policy, urban transportation planning, US infrastructure, city roads, federal grants

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Intercity Buses: The Forgotten Mode

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 680, June 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Nov 2011
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble

Cato Policy Analysis Series, No. 646
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jan 2010
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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The Myth of the Compact City: Why Compact Development is Not the Way to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Cato Policy Analysis Series, No. 653
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jan 2010
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 168 (302,991)
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The Planning Tax: The Case Against Regional Growth-Management Planning

Cato Policy Analysis Series, No. 606, December 6, 2007
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2008
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 158 (319,226)

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regional growth-management, taxes, regulation, land development, laws, urban growth, economic growth, housing bubble, real estate

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Crony Capitalism and Social Engineering: The Case Against Tax-Increment Financing

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 676
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Nov 2011
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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Fixing Transit: The Case for Privatization

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Nov 2010
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 109 (424,609)
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The Perils of Planning

Regulation, Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2006
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 108 (427,494)

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Sprawl, Robert Bruegmann, urban sprawl, urban planning, traffic congestion, housing costs, population density, property values, suburbs, land conversion

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The Worst of Both: The Rise of High-Cost, Low-Capacity Rail Transit

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 750
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Oct 2014
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 107 (430,301)

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light rail, monorail, transit

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How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 646, October 1, 2009
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Mar 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 101 (448,323)

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U.S. financial crisis of 2009, great recession, housing bubble, supply and demand, housing market, federal regulations

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Roadmap to Gridlock: The Failure of Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Planning

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 617
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Oct 2008
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 99 (454,320)
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randal o'toole, transportation planning, metropolitan planning, planning methods, land-use regulation, mixed-use developments, long-range planning, local transportation, federal surface, congestion, public transportation, rail transit

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The High-Speed Rail Money Sink: Why the United States Should Not Spend Trillions on Obsolete Technology

Cato Institute, Policy Analysis No. 915
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Apr 2021
Cato Institute and Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute and Cato Institute
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transportation, infrastructure, Pete Buttigieg, high-speed rail network, federal debt, annual deficit, passenger travel, travel, railroad, rail network

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The Perfect Firestorm: Bringing Forest Service Wildfire Costs Under Control

Cato Institute Policy Analysis Series, No. 591, April 30, 2007
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Jul 2007
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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Randal O'Toole, centralized planning and budgeting, U.S. forest service, wildfire, fire supression, hazardous fuels, forest restoration, structural changes, decentralized decision-making, local economics, local ecological conditions, structural changes

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Rapid Bus: A Low-Cost, High-Capacity Transit System for Major Urban Areas

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 752
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Oct 2014
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 86 (496,920)

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rapid bus system, light rail alternative, feeder bus system

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Stopping the Runaway Train: The Case for Privatizing Amtrak

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 712, November 13, 2012
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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U.S. Amtrak spending, government transportation subsidies, privatize Amtrak, US rail system, high speed trains in the United States of America

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Reducing Livability: How Sustainability Planning Threatens the American Dream

Policy Analysis No. 740
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 May 2014
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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greenhouse gas, urban planning, emissions, land-use regulation, urban footprint, housing demand

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Do You Know the Way to L.A.? San Jose Shows How to Turn an Urban Area into Los Angeles in Three Stressful Decades

Cato Policy Analysis Series Paper No. 602
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Dec 2007
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 63 (591,141)
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California, housing crisis, congested traffic, local agencies, LAFCos, annexation, environmental quality act, planning laws, tax revenues, transporation, transit agencies, rail empires

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Review of the Panama City Metro Project

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Sep 2014
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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rail transit system, metro, Panama City, deferred maintenance, bus transit, transit capacities, double-decker buses

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Ending Congestion by Refinancing Highways

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 695, May 15, 2012
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 55 (631,579)

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interstate highway system funding, infrastructure spending, U.S. transportation department, road maintenance budget, reform, costs, tolls, gas tax, state budget

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High-Speed Rail is Not 'Interstate 2.0'

Cato Briefing Paper Series, No. 113, 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Jan 2010
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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'Paint is Cheaper than Rails:' Why Congress Should Abolish New Starts

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 727
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Jun 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
Downloads 42 (708,218)
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U.S. transportation policy, environmental benefits of new starts, economic benefits

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Improving Incentives for Federal Land Managers: The Case for Recreation Fees

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 726
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Jun 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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The Recreation Enhancement Act, federal lands, national parks, national wildlife refuges, environmental policy in the U.S.

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The Citizens' Guide to Transportation Reauthorization

Posted: 30 Jan 2010
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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The New Feudalism: Why States Must Repeal Growth-Management Laws

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 802
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Dec 2016
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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Housing, municipal policy, urban development, city management

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Zero-Based Transportation Policy: Recommendations for 2021 Transportation Reauthorization

Cato Institute, Policy Analysis No. 913 (2021)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Apr 2021
Cato Institute and Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute and Cato Institute
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COVID-19, transportation, coronavirus, pandemic, transit funding, Department of Transportation, federal transport policies, federal highway, highway safety, pandemic highlights

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Review of Project Connect

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Oct 2014
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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high-capacity transit, light rail

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The Citizens’ Guide to Transportation Reauthorization

Cato Institute Briefing Papers No. 116
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Mar 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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surface transportation reauthorization, federal transportation policy, high speed rail in the united states, alternatives to cars, government subsidies

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Getting What You Paid For — Paying for What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 644, September 15, 2009
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Mar 2013
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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U.S. bureaucracy, Interstate Highway System, American Department of Transportation, transportation funds, economic stimulus, federal spending, federalism, road system, government waste

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Review of Greenlight Pinellas

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Oct 2014
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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Transprotation alternatives, light rail, Pinellas transit

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Principles for the 2020 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 870, 2019
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Jan 2020
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute
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Transportation, Infrastructure, Surface Transportation, Road Rehabilitation, Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, Highway Trust Fund, FAST Act, New Starts, TIGER

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The Coming Transit Apocalypse

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 824
Posted: 07 Feb 2018
Randal O'Toole
Cato Institute

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transit, rail transit, subways, light rail, driverless cars