vehicles, not rail transit or high-speed rail. American Nightmare examines the history of housing in America and argues that zoning and, more recently, growth-management planning represents efforts by the middle- and upper-classes to separate themselves from the working class. Romance of the Rails looks at the history of urban and intercity rail transit in the United States to show why they once worked but no longer work today. Personal life He moved from Bandon, Oregon to Camp Sherman, Oregon, where he runs the "Thoreau Institute." While critical of government subsidies to all forms of transportation, O'Toole is a fan of passenger trains and an amateur rail historian. He currently runs a web site, Streamliner Memories, to share scanned copies of his personal library of railroadiana. Selected publications Urban planning The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths (Thoreau Institute, 2001) "A Desire Named Streetcar: How Federal Subsidies Encourage Wasteful Local Transit Systems", Policy Analysis 559: 1–16. The Best-Laid Plans (Cato Institute 2007) Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It (Cato Institute 2010) American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Homeownership (Cato Institute 2012) . Forestry Reforming the Forest Service (Island Press, 1988) The Citizens' Guide to the Forest Service Budget (self-published/Thoreau Institute) The Citizens' Guide to the Timber Industry (self-published/Thoreau Institute) Railroad History Romance of the Rails: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need (Cato Institute 2018) . References External links Website including "Antiplanner" Streamliner Memories Cato Institute profile for O'Toole New York Times: A Son of Portland, Ore., Tries to Puncture the Myth of 'Smart Growth' Living people American libertarians People from Bandon, Oregon 1952 births Cato Institute people Economists from Oregon 21st-century American economists