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.
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>
Smarter Transportation Economic Stimulation
<p> <span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">We have just published a new report, </span></span><span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">"</span><a href="http://www.vtpi.org/econ_stim.pdf"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">Smart Transportation Economic Stimulation: Infrastructure Investments That Support Strategic Planning Objectives Provide True Economic Development</span></a><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">"</span></span> which <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">discusses factors to consider when evaluating transportation economic stimulation strategies.
Smart Economic Stimulation
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">Economic stimulation is an important issue these days. Let’s be smart when choosing economic stimulation strategies. </span> </p>
Rethinking Transportation Safety
<blockquote> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman">A paradigm shift is changing the way we think about transportation safety. In the past, traffic safety experts evaluated risk using distance-based units (traffic crashes and casualties per 100 million vehicle-miles or billion vehicle-kilometers), which ignores increases in vehicle traffic as a risk factor, and mobility management as a safety strategy. Yet, we now have overwhelming evidence that the amount people drive has a major impact on their chance of being injured or killed in a traffic accident. Here is a small portion of the evidence:</span> </p>