Sam Staley

Florida State University

Guest

Director of Urban Growth Policy at the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think-tank, and Managing Director of the DeVoe L. Moore Center at Florida State University in Tallahassee; co-author of The Road More Traveled: Why the Congestion Crisis Matters More Than You Think and What We Can Do About It and Mobility First: A New Vision for Transportation in a 21st Century Global Economy

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