Randal O’Toole discusses urban planning at Cato University.

Urban planners want to shape our cities. And they want our cities to shape you. That's the conclusion of Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O'Toole. He argues that the rationales for most urban planning collapses upon examination.

O'Toole — author of the forthcoming Cato book Gridlock — spoke at Cato University at Rancho Bernardo, California.