Cato Institute

In a policy analysis for the Cato Institute, Randal O'Toole reviews plans for more than 75 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas reveals that virtually all of them fail to follow standard planning methods, and half of them are not effective.

In this new report from the Cato Institute, Randal O'Toole writes that regional growth management plans make housing unaffordable and that states with these laws should repeal them.

Randal O'Toole, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, argues the planning model that has made Portland, Oregon, a planner's dream has taken a far greater toll than the benefits it provides.

Traffic lights are inefficient tools to handle traffic, and many should be replaced by roundabouts.

Using Portland, Oregon as an example, the author attempts to show the problems of smart growth.

The Cascade Policy Institute evaluates whether the social benefits of TODs exceed the costs of subsidies.

Conflicts that arise between development and archaeology can best besolved by acknowledging that landowners have rights over finds.