Education
O'Toole studied economics at the University of Oregon, but did not receive a degree in economics.
O'Toole studied economics at the University of Oregon, but did not receive a degree in economics.
The majority of O'Toole's work has focused on private land rights, particularly against public land use regulations and light rail. Since 1995, he has been associated with the Cato Institute as an adjunct scholar and frequent anti-light rail campaigner. 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).
He is the contact listed for the Thoreau Institute. He rides a bicycle to and from work. In 1998 he moved from Oak Grove, Oregon to Bandon, Oregon.
In a recent New York Times article, he was noted to live in Camp Sherman, Oregon and his Thoreau Institute address is listed as Camp Sherman.