Articles By Author Randal O’Toole
Articles by Randal O’Toole
16 article(s) found.
04/14/2008 12:00 AM
Far from protecting the environment, most
rail transit lines use more energy per passenger
mile, and many generate more greenhouse gases,
than the average ...(read more)
08/01/2003 12:00 AM
Ask any district ranger, or any on-the-ground Forest Service employee, and they will tell you the national forests are suffering from a severe budget ...(read more)
08/01/2003 12:00 AM
Professional foresters have a tendency to think every forest needs their tender loving care. Even young foresters who want to save old growth often agree ...(read more)
07/01/2003 12:00 AM
Data newly available from the 2000 Census show that at least 94.6 percent of the United States is rural open space, calling into question one of the most ...(read more)
03/01/2003 12:00 AM
How would you feel if you bought a fancy new DVD player for Christmas, only to find the next day the same store was selling another DVD player just as ...(read more)
02/01/2003 12:00 AM
The latest fad among urban planners is to convert one-way streets to two-way streets. The goal, they say, is to slow down traffic and make streets more ...(read more)
11/01/2002 12:00 AM
A March 2002 study published by the Harvard Institute of Economic Research at Harvard University demonstrates the effects of zoning and other regulation ...(read more)
10/01/2002 12:00 AM
On August 12, 2002 the Wall Street Journal described a 350-square-foot former public toilet in south London that developers are turning into a “stylish ...(read more)
09/01/2002 12:00 AM
By now, practically everyone in the U.S. has heard the story about forest fires: that the Forest Service has been suppressing fires for 90 years, leading ...(read more)
08/01/2002 12:00 AM
Transit advocates claim recent increases in transit ridership are proof Americans are turning away from the automobile and that transit--especially rail ...(read more)
07/01/2001 12:00 AM
Contrary to well-publicized claims by the anti-automobile Surface Transportation Policy Project, cities that have emphasized transit over highways experienced ...(read more)
07/01/2001 12:00 AM
In fast-growing regions, “smart-growth” advocates often use people's fears that existing residents are forced to subsidize newcomers in order to build support ...(read more)
01/01/2001 12:00 AM
The November 7 election offered many lessons. Of special interest to Environment & Climate News readers, those lessons included: Voters want to protect ...(read more)
09/01/2000 12:00 AM
Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (New York, NY: North Point ...(read more)
01/01/2000 12:00 AM
From all over the world, city officials visit my home town of Portland, Oregon, to learn the wonders of "smart-growth" planning. Urban mayors ooh and ah ...(read more)
03/01/1999 12:00 AM
Urban "sprawl" has become the latest target for advocates of big government. Indeed, according to Dr. Sam Staley, director of the Reason Foundation's ...(read more)
