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Books and Book Chapters

"Transportation," Chapter 38, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition (2005).

"Transportation Policy," Chapter 36, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

"Transportation," Chapter 39, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress, (2001).

"Transportation," Chapter 36, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress, (1999).

"Sustainable Development: A Model for China?" by Jerry Taylor, China In the New Millennium, edited by James Dorn (1998).

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Cato Studies

"Roadmap to Gridlock: The Failure of Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Planning," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 617, May 27, 2008

"Does Rail Transit Save Energy or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 615, April 14, 2008

"The Planning Tax: The Case against Regional Growth-Management Planning," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 606, December 6, 2007

"Do You Know the Way to L.A.? San Jose Shows How to Turn an Urban Area into Los Angeles in Three Stressful Decades," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 602, October 17, 2007

"Debunking Portland: The City That Doesn't Work," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 596, July 9, 2007

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Articles and Newsletters

"The Folly of 'Smart Growth,'" by Randal O'Toole, Regulation, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall 2001.

"The Color of Money: Is It Green Enough?" by Brian Mannix, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring 2000.

"How Much Do We Care About the Deep Future?," by Brian Mannix, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring 2000.

"Airline Deregulation: The Unfinished Revolution," by Robert W. Poole Jr. and Viggo Butler, Regulation, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 8.

"New Age Economics," by Jacqueline Kasun, Regulation, vol. 22, no. 1, Winter 1999.

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Opinion and Commentary

"A Big Surprise on Gas," by Indur Goklany and Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2008

"Real Global Warming Fix," by Randal O'Toole, Denver Daily News, July 1, 2008

"Rail Transit Just Isn't Trying to Improve Fuel Efficiency," by Randal O'Toole, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 15, 2008

"Solving Pump Pain," by Jerry Taylor, New York Post, June 2, 2008

"McCain-Clinton 2008," by Jerry Taylor and Jagadeesh Gokhale, National Review (Online), May 14, 2008

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Events

"Relief from Gridlock: Surface Transportation Reauthorization in 2009," May 27, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"The Best-Laid Plans: Congress Should Repeal Planning Requirements in Federal Surface Transportation Law," January 25, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Liberating the Roads: A New Direction for Federal Highway Policy," January 31, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Global Crises, Global Solutions," January 27, 2005 [Book Forum]

Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Population Growth and Family Planning in the Developing World," by Sheldon Richman, testimony before the United States Senate, July 20, 1995.

"Relationship Between the Welfare State and Crime," Congressional Testimony, June 7, 1995.




Multimedia

Daily Podcast "The Federal Role in Transportation Planning" featuring Randal O'Toole, August 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:41]

Daily Podcast "Clearing the Air and Transit" featuring Randal O'Toole, August 4, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:50]

Daily Podcast "Transportation Fads and Falsehoods" featuring Sam Staley, June 9, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:15]

Daily Podcast "The Best Laid Plans: Transportation" featuring Randal O'Toole, October 12, 2007 [Flash Audio, 09:47]

Daily Podcast "Zoning's Best Laid Plans" featuring Randal O'Toole, September 18, 2007 [Flash Audio, 07:24]

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