Randal O’Toole Luncheon: Albuquerque’s Transportation Future
Rio Grande Foundation Speaker Series Event:
Albuquerque's Transportation Future
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The Rail Runner, Bus Rapid Transit, and land-use planning; these are just a few of the issues currently being discussed by New Mexico's political leadership and economic development establishment.
What should advocates of the free market consider on these issues? Is bus rapid transit going to help or hurt mobility in and around Albuquerque? Should we really shut down the Rail Runner? What about TIDD's and the development known as Santolina?
- Location: Marriott Pyramid 5151 San Francisco Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
- When: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 12:00 noon to 1:00pm
- Cost: Seating is limited and can be purchased at the discounted price of $30 until Tuesday, September 8, 2015; $40 after the 8th
Randal O'Toole is a Cato Institute Senior Fellow working on urban growth, public land, and transportation issues.
O'Toole's research on national forest management, culminating in his 1988 book, Reforming the Forest Service, has had a major influence on Forest Service policy and on-the-ground management. His analysis of urban land-use and transportation issues, brought together in his 2001 book, The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths, has influenced decisions in cities across the country. In his book The Best-Laid Plans, O'Toole calls for repealing federal, state, and local planning laws and proposes reforms that can help solve social and environmental problems without heavy-handed government regulation.
O'Toole's latest book is American Nightmare: How Government Undermines The Dream of Homeownership. O'Toole is the author of numerous Cato papers. He has also written for Regulation magazine as well as op-eds and articles for numerous other national journals and newspapers. O'Toole travels extensively and has spoken about free-market environmental issues in dozens of cities.
An Oregon native, O'Toole was educated in forestry at Oregon State University and in economics at the University of Oregon.