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Congestion in 2025: US cities fare well by international standards

Congestion in 2025: US cities fare well by international standards When measured by the amount of hours each commuter wastes in traffic per year, Lima, Peru, was the most congested city in the world in 2025, according to TomTom’s traffic index ...
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California’s urban-mobility plan: more of what’s not working

A glaring example of such obtuseness is the report recently issued by the California State Transportation Agency’s Transit Transformation Task Force. Established by “the transit recovery package signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as part of the 2023-24 state budget,” the ...
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Watch PRI’s interview with Rick Caruso – one year after the wildfires

In this special Free Cities Center interview, Rick Caruso – founder and executive chairman of Caruso, longtime civic and philanthropic leader in Los Angeles and former mayor candidate – discusses LA’s rebuilding efforts one year after the wildfires. He shares ...
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New Free Cities Center Booklet Calls for Common-Sense Reforms to Better Protect Californians from Wildfires

SACRAMENTO – The Free Cities Center at the Pacific Research Institute – the California-based, nonpartisan, free market think tank – today released a new booklet examining the failures in state and local wildfire prevention and response policies during this year’s ...

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