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A Close Second to Failing Government Schooling in Inner Cities …

Posted in Central Planning, Taxation on Jan 16th, 2013

… is government transportation and infrastructure policy. We’ll delve into that shortly. For now, here is a little more dog-bites-man:  According to an analysis based on Census data by transportation specialist Ron Utt, nine of 10 Virginia commutes are by car and fewer than one in 20 by mass transit. Yet he calculates that about […]

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What Exactly Do They Mean By Relieving Congestion

Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Jul 14th, 2009

In particular, the whole notion of “congestion” really struck me. City planners always talk about fighting congestion, but they always mean traffic on roads (though ironically much of what they do actually increases congestion on roads). But what about pure human to human congestion? As a native of New York City, I was never able […]

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