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The Traffic Congestion Problem

A new report says that traffic congestion is worse, and the American Public Transportation Association urges Congress to . . . spend more money on public transportation. Cato senior fellow Randal O'Toole has been challenging the received wisdom on traffic and mass transit for years. See his book Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It, and lots of other studies. In November he debated the head of the American Public Transportation Association at a Cato Policy Forum:

Posted on January 20, 2011 Posted to Cato@Liberty

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