August 11, 2009 1:21PM 

# Randal O’Toole Assaults Myths of Suburbia 

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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](https://www.cato.org/people/randal-otoole). 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](https://www.cato.org/cato-university/index.html) at Rancho Bernardo, California.

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