Todd Litman
Todd Litman is the executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute.
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Todd Litman is founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transport problems. His work helps to expand the range of impacts and options considered in transportation decision-making, improve evaluation methods, and make specialized technical concepts accessible to a larger audience. His research is used worldwide in transport planning and policy analysis.
Mr. Litman has worked on numerous studies that evaluate transportation costs, benefits and innovations. He authored the Online TDM Encyclopedia, a comprehensive Internet resource for identifying and evaluating mobility management strategies; Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis: Techniques, Estimates and Implications, a comprehensive study which provides cost and benefit information in an easy-to-apply format; and Parking Management Best Practices, the most comprehensive book available on management solutions to parking problems. Mr. Litman is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops. His presentations range from technical and practical to humorous and inspirational. He is active in several professional organizations, including the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Transportation Research Board (a section of U.S. National Academy of Sciences). He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Transportation Research A, a professional journal.
The Automobile Industry and National Economic Development
<p> <span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Automobile industry subsidies are an inefficient way to support economic development. Even worse, policies intended to support automobile manufacturers and recover loans can be economically harmful.</span></span></span><span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri"> </span></span> </p>
Travel Demands Are A-Changing: So Should Our Spending
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial"><em>Politicians and planners be warned: you will now be judged according to your ability to improve walking, cycling and public transit services.</em></span> </span> </p>
Smart Growth and Housing Affordability – Round Three
<p style="margin: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">I would like to expand an ongoing debate between Reason Foundation policy expert Samuel Staley and me concerning land use policy impacts on affordability and economic stability to include two additional issues: <em>household economic resilience</em> and <em>wealth accumulation</em>. <span> </span></span></span> </p>
Smart Growth And Housing Affordability
<p style="margin: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">In a recent </span><a href="/node/37775"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">blog</span></a><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman"> I emphasized the value of using smart growth policies to increase household affordability and support regional economic development. In his blog, “</span><a href="/node/37738"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">Planning Foreclosures</span></a>,<span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">” Samuel Staley reaches a very different conclusion.
Investing In Affordability For Economic Development
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri">Is a $50,000 annual income wealth or poverty in North America? By historical or international standards such an income should be considered wealthy and luxurious, but most people I know consider it poverty because of the high cost of living. </span> </p>