Randal O'Toole, Author at Independence Institute

RTD’s death spiral 0
- Issues, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds, TRANSPORTATION - Regional Transportation District
- January 16, 2019
Much of RTD’s problem stems from its mania for an obsolete form of transportation: trains.
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Getting serious about housing affordability 0
- The Hill, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds
- June 26, 2018
Although many cities across the country are facing serious housing shortages, the efforts they are making to fix the problem are doomed to failure. Their so-called affordable housing programs address symptoms, not causes, and apply band-aid solutions when far different (but less costly) tools are needed. Median home prices in most American cities are less
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Mass transit is collapsing everywhere 0
- The Hill, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds
- May 15, 2018
Nationwide transit ridership in March 2018 was 5.9 percent below March 2017, according to the latest data published by the Federal Transit Administration. Following three years of steady declines, these numbers present a dire picture of the nation’s transit industry. Ridership declined in all of the nation’s 38 largest urban areas (and the 39th, Providence,
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It’s time to hit the brakes on high-speed rail spending 0
- The Hill, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Funding, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds
- February 1, 2018
None of these projects make sense because — in case you haven’t noticed — we have this new-fangled technology called airplanes that go twice as fast as the fastest trains in the world and require almost no infrastructure, which means their costs are much lower than trains. So why are Americans so bedazzled by trains?
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