Table of Contents

This report was written by Randal O'Toole. Tiaré Scheller co-wrote the sections on light rail.

• Growth Management in the Urban West and South
  • Summary of this Issue
  • A Personal Note
  • Growing Cities of the West and South
  • Conclusions: A Choice of Visions
  • References
• Portland's Metro: A Model for Growth Management
  • The Ironies of Growth, Portland Style
  • Is Land-Use Planning Working?
  • Metro: Idealism, Ambition, and Power
  • A Future Vision Minus Freedom
  • Metro's Vision of Suburban Renewal
  • Drawing a Circle Around Growth
  • Portland Transit: Forward into the Past co-authored by Tiaré Scheller
  • The Eastside Light Rail: Underused Wonder
  • The Gold-Plated Westside Light Rail
  • South-North: How Costly Can We Go?
  • Metro's Regional Transportation Plan
  • Metro's Alternative Visions for Portland
  • Metro's 2040 Growth Plan
  • Analyzing the 2040 Growth Concepts
  • Metro's Public Avoidance Process
  • Public Support for Metro
  • Implementing 2040
  • Marketing Residential Density
  • Unmarketable Commercial Plans
  • Reducing Auto Travel
  • Containing Growth
  • Metro's Flawed Plan
• Urban Myths and Realities
  • The Myth of the Vanishing Automobile
  • The Planning Myth
  • The Myth of Sprawl
  • The Design Myth
  • The Myth of Futurism
  • The Myth of the New Urbanism
  • The Costs of Sprawl Myth
  • The Light-Rail Myth
  • The Myth of the Evil Automobile
  • The Myth of Subsidized Highways
  • The Myth of the Long Commute
  • The Freeway Myth
  • The Downtown Myth
  • The Sterile Suburbs Myth
  • The Density Myth
  • The Public Involvement Myth
  • The Myth of Unbiased Journalism
  • The Zoning Myth
  • The Myth of Democratic Planning
  • The Coercion Myth
  • The Los Angeles Myth
  • The Edge Cities Myth
• People 2000: An Alternative to Planning
  • Summary
  • Livability and Freedom
  • 1. Neighborhood Associations
  • 2. Congestion Pricing
  • 3. Pollution Emission Fees
  • 4. Demonopolize Transit
  • 5. Protecting Scenery
  • 6. Development Fees
  • 7. Stop Subsidizing Growth
  • Institutional Reform
  • Environmental Effects
• Oak Grove: The Story of a Neighborhood that Fought Metro
  • Planning Comes to Oak Grove
  • Neotraditionalism and Oak Grove
  • Making Oak Grove Save for 50x100 Lots
  • Preserving the Historic Character of Downtown
  • "People Come and Go. I Plan for the Land."
  • The Oak Grove Plan
  • Why Oak Grove?
  • "We Aren't Even Going to Read this Plan"
  • Is Oak Grove Safe from Metro?