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Author: Randal O'Toole
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Randal O'Toole

Randal O’Toole is a land-use and transportation policy analyst with the Thoreau Institute and author of American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Homeownership.
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The Libertarian Case for Single-Family Housing

Randal O'Toole January 24, 2023 September 5, 2024

Liberty vs. the planners.

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Why Are Housing Prices High?

Randal O'Toole February 6, 2022 February 26, 2022

Blame the war on sprawl.

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Giant Sucking Sound

Randal O'Toole August 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

In 2009, more than 2,600 people were murdered as a part of the drug trade in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. As I write, Kingston, Jamaica is …

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The Hidden Movement Toward National Land-Use Planning

Randal O'Toole June 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Planners have zoned 97% of my home state of Oregon as “rural.” In the least restrictive of the rural zones, you cannot build a house …

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For the Gripper

Randal O'Toole May 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Few people understand what the Tea Party movement is all about. Although at first glance it appears to be a collection of anti-tax conservatives, what …

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High-Speed Flail, cont’d

Randal O'Toole May 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Even as President Obama attempts to emulate the French by building high- speed rail lines, the French are stepping back and may cur- tail service …

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Unleashing the Hounds

Randal O'Toole May 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Recently, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that future federal transit grants would focus on “livability.” Beneath the rhetoric is LaHood’s decision to eliminate the only …

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High-Speed Folly

Randal O'Toole April 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

President Obama’s decision to travel to Florida to announce federal grants to the states for high- speed trains on the day after his State of …

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How the Greens Went Red

Randal O'Toole January 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

As many supporters of the free market have observed, the mainstream environmental movement firmly supports big government. Yet this wasn’t always true, and it is …

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Riding the Dog

Randal O'Toole September 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

President Obama’s $100-billion high-speed rail plan faces an unexpected threat. It is called the bus. At least 14 bus companies compete directly with Amtrak’s high-speed …

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