Category Archives: Gasoline Taxes

BOOK REVIEW: Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City

Posted on November 9, 2010 by

This review was originally written for a class I am taking with Prof. John Pucher here at Rutgers University. I am putting up this review here even though the book reviewed talks mainly about the United States, because I feel … Continue reading →

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Ideology vs. Reality in Transportation

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

We need to leave ideology behind in order to study how cities really work. Nor can we find solutions at the extremes of laissez-faire or total state ownership. Rather, solutions will have to be found in the messy in-between where markets and governments work together to improve the lives of Delhi’s residents. Continue reading →

Posted in Congestion Taxes, Delhi, Free markets, Gasoline Taxes, Induced Demand, Libertarianism, Licenses, Transportation Planning, Utopias | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment