All Posts Tagged With: "traffic congestion"
Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It
Congestion is five times worse than in 1995. Why? What should we do about it? Those questions drive Randal O’Toole’s Gridlock. The main reason for the increase, the author writes, is that beginning in the 1960s, “Many people looked at the costs of the automobile without considering the benefits, and their solution was to get [...]
21Apr2011 | Gary M. Galles | 26 comments | ContinuedToo Much Freedom
Roy Cordato is vice president for research and resident scholar at the John Locke Foundation in North Carolina. It’s been said that when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. For politicians, bureaucrats, and many activists, when the only tool they have is coercion, the cause of every [...]
1Jul2008 | Roy Cordato | 7 comments | ContinuedAre Highways Subsidized?
I have always loved trains. I am an ardent cyclist, and I never particularly liked automobiles. So I always took it for granted that the reason most Americans drive and passenger trains have nearly disappeared is that our highways are unfairly subsidized. I felt particularly incensed that the Interstate Highway System, which took business from [...]
1Nov2006 | Randal OToole | 8 comments | ContinuedGovernment in Business
In the midst of nationwide prosperity, some economic and social problems keep nagging at the public. All over the country, they take the same form. What are they? Traffic congestion, inadequate roads, overcrowded schools, juvenile delinquency, water shortages.
1Oct2006 | Murray N. Rothbard | 0 comments | ContinuedA Higher Gasoline Tax Will “Solve Everything”?
Regrettably, I have to criticize someone who, in the past, I have admired a great deal. John Tierney is an iconoclastic columnist for the New York Times who has been writing on environmental issues for at least a decade. His now-classic 1996 Times Magazine story critical of recycling was a well-researched article that I have [...]
1Apr2006 | Roy Cordato | 0 comments | ContinuedDoes Light Rail Worsen Congestion and Air Quality?
Growth in traffic has outpaced growth in population ever since the automobile went into mass production. This puts great demands on our transportation infrastructure. Trying to keep up with growing traffic by building more roadway capacity is a daunting task, particularly in urban regions. There are limits to how many lanes of roadway can be [...]
1Jun2005 | John Semmens | 3 comments | ContinuedWidening Route 6
I really shouldn’t tell you this, but Cape Cod is a very beautiful place. I shouldn’t mention its beaches with their towering sand dunes. I shouldn’t mention the golden eagle I saw soaring over the marsh near the cottage where we stayed on vacation. I shouldn’t mention the charm of the Cape Cod baseball league, where college players try to show major league scouts they can hit with a wooden bat and where the fans get in for free and the dogs and toddlers are unleashed.
1Dec2002 | Russell Roberts | 1 comment | ContinuedBeware "New Urbanism"
Most folks would never consider that the choice between intown and suburban living could hold any moral implications. The questions of cost, security, education options, house size, and yard size are far more important in buyers’ minds. But to those who fear the sprawl of cities into suburbs and beyond, the decision to live either [...]
1Oct2002 | C.C. Kraemer | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Smart-Growth Scam
H. Nathan Hart recently graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Paul Cleveland is an associate professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College. Transportation is essential to the daily life of nearly every American. Millions of people flock onto the freeways and streets to accomplish innumerable tasks each day. Americans love their cars. No other mode [...]
1Jul2001 | and H. Nathan Hart | 2 comments | ContinuedSlugging It Out
C. Daniel Bradford is a major in the Army and works for the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia. Several years ago I was transferred by the military from Georgia to the Washington, D.C., area. Because real estate is so expensive in the area immediately adjacent to the capital, most people live in the outlying [...]
1Oct1997 | C. Daniel Bradford | 0 comments | Continued-
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