Shoup to O’Toole: The Market for Parking Is Anything But Free
We're reprinting this reply [PDF] from UCLA professor Donald Shoup, author of the High Cost of Free Parking, to Randal O'Toole, the libertarian Cato Institute senior fellow who refuses to acknowledge the role of massive government intervention in the market for parking, and the effect this has had on America's car dependence. It's an excellent guide to the misdirection, mistakes, logical fallacies, and falsehoods that form the foundation of O'Toole's arguments.
September 1, 2010
Car Buyers Pick Their Poison: Free Gun or Free Gas
With Detroit increasingly desperate to unload inventory, one Missouri car dealership seems to have struck gold with a special promotion: Buyers get a $250 coupon towards either a gun or gasoline. The offer comes from Max Motors,
a small dealership south of Kansas City that has slapped
the image of a grimacing cowboy wielding two pistols all over its
website.
June 4, 2008
If a 26.2-mile, Half-Day Street Closure Generates $188M…
Why not Close New York City's Streets to Traffic More Often?
November 7, 2006