Randal O’Toole is a Cato Institute senior fellow specializing in land‐​use and transportation issues. He has written six books, including Reforming the Forest Service and Romance of the Rails, plus dozens of policy papers and numerous articles and op‐​eds about free‐​market approaches to transportation, housing, and other issues. Before working for Cato, his research on environmental issues led to fellowships or visiting professorships at Yale, the University of California, Berkeley, and Utah State University. O’Toole also runs a private consultancy known as the Thoreau Institute.