Opinion
Beware the Benevolent Despot: Like Robert Moses, the Flawed Master Builder of New York
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Every baseball fan knows Babe Ruth and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. Every part of American history has its heroes and villains. Yet, it’s frightening how much we forget about the past mistakes we made in planning for transportation — lessons we should have learned from. This became clear recently when I was asked to be a guest lecturer to a group of urban planning graduate students at the University of Connecticut. I made reference in the class to Robert Moses and these planners of our future just gave me a blank stare.