Randal O'Toole

'''Randal O'Toole''' (born 1952) is an American public policy analyst. The majority of O'Toole's work has focused on public lands, land-use regulation, and transportation, particularly light rail. He frequently criticized proposals for passenger rail systems.

He had been associated with the Cato Institute as an adjunct scholar since 1995 and a senior fellow from 2007–2021. O'Toole was the ''McCluskey Visiting Fellowship for Conservation'' at Yale University in 1998, and has served as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (1999) and Utah State University (2000). O'Toole studied economics at the University of Oregon, but did not receive a degree. O'Toole's private consultancy is known as the Thoreau Institute.

O'Toole described himself as "The Antiplanner". He was fired by the Cato Institute in December 2021. Provided by Wikipedia