The Small Minded Anti LRT Conspiracy
A certain Randall O’Toole, a conspicuous member of the Cato Institute hates LRT and streetcars. A favourite of the roads lobby he is also the darling of the United States rising Libertarian and Tea Party. Much of what O’Toole writes about come from the theory that public anything is bad and individualism reigns. The problem is, as history has shown, is not so cut and dried.
The following study comes from the American right, which by Canadian standards is what the old Progressive Conservative Party was and not the Tea party clones like the current Harper and the BC Liberal governments.
The following is written from an American standpoint, by a Conservative think tank as a rebuttal of the Libertarian AgitProp written by Randall Oai??i??Toole.Ai?? Some of it is USA-specific, but many of the arguments and much of the data are of use to proponents of trams as superior public transport in Canada.
I believe the the following study is well worth the read.
