Urban Growth and Transportation

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Books and Book Chapters

"Housing Policy," Chapter 22, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Interior Department and Public Lands," Chapter 23, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Surface Transportation Policy," Chapter 24, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Environmental Policy," Chapter 44, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

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

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Cato Studies

"The Citizens' Guide to Transportation Reauthorization," by Randal O'Toole, Briefing Paper no. 116, December 10, 2009

"Three Decades of Politics and Failed Policies at HUD," by Tad DeHaven, Policy Analysis no. 655, November 23, 2009

"The Myth of the Compact City: Why Compact Development Is Not the Way to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 653, November 18, 2009

"How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 646, October 1, 2009

"Getting What You Paid For -- Paying For What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 644, September 15, 2009

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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

"GM Stake Compromises Obama in Toyota's Recalls," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Detroit News, February 9, 2010

"Smart-Growth Plans Are a Failure in Portland," by Randal O'Toole, Houston Chronicle, November 14, 2009

"Clunkering Down," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator, August 28, 2009

"Are Proposals For High-speed Rail a Boondoggle?," by Randal O'Toole, Detroit Free Press (Online), August 3, 2009

"Why PA Shouldn't Build High-Speed Rail," by Randal O'Toole, The Bulletin, July 24, 2009

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Events

"Driverless Cars: The Next Transportation Revolution," January 21, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It," January 20, 2010 [Book Forum]

"The Great Debate: Can Smart Growth Cost-Effectively Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?," December 3, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Toward a Customer-Driven Transportation Reauthorization," September 17, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"The Right Road for America: Top-Down Transportation Planning vs. Customer-Driven Mobility," September 15, 2009 [Policy Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"On Transit and Climate," by Randal O'Toole, July 7, 2009.

"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

Randal O'Toole discusses high speed rail on FOX's Special Report with Bret Baier January 28, 2010 [Flash Video, 02:13]

Randal O'Toole discusses his book Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It on FBN's FOX Business with Dagen McDowell January 28, 2010 [Flash Video, 04:20]

Randal O'Toole discusses high speed rail on FBN's Stossel January 21, 2010 [Flash Video, 04:53]

"Urban Planners Romanticize Immobility" featuring Randal O'Toole, December 17, 2009 [Flash Audio, 06:04]

"Congestion, Safety and Driverless Cars" featuring Randal O'Toole, December 7, 2009 [Flash Audio, 07:09]

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