Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It
11th April 2020
America is the most mobile society in history, but our transportation system is on the verge of collapse. Traffic congestion is today five times greater than it was 25 years ago, yet many transportation plans and projects are making it worse. As Randal O’Toole reveals in Gridlock, the prime causes of our ailing system are a government transportation planning philosophy whose primary goal is to diminish auto use—hence, personal mobility—in combination with federal budget incentives that perversely encourage transportation planners to increase congestion. As a result, the automobile which is accessible to almost every family in the nation and provides unparalleled access to better housing, low??cost consumer goods, a choice??driven affordable life, and freedom—is being deliberately forced off the transportation grid by the expensive “solution” of little??used high??speed trains and urban transit lines.
A blast from the past (2008).