Sam Staley

Florida State University

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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

Sam Staley on KCRW

For more than 50 years, Americans were drawn to the suburbs, with their sylvan promises of easy living.

The Decline of Suburbia

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Detroit is a shrinking city, with just 700,000 residents in a place designed for two million.  Many who still live there want to leave.

Detroit: End of the American Dream or Hope of the Future?

Detroit is a shrinking city, with just 700,000 residents in a place designed for two million.  Many who still live there want to leave.

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For weeks, drivers in LA have been warned on freeway signs, televised news conferences and by celebrity Tweeters about possible chaos beginning at midnight tonight.

Los Angeles, the Automobile and the Rest of the World

For weeks, drivers in LA have been warned on freeway signs, televised news conferences and by celebrity Tweeters about possible chaos beginning at midnight tonight.

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