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The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization
dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation
problems. We provide a variety of resources available free at this website to
help improve transportation planning and policy analysis. We are funded
primarily through consulting and project grants. Our research is among the most
current available and has been widely applied. It can help you:

 * Identify better solutions to transportation problems, including some
   approaches that are frequently overlooked or misunderstood.
 * Identify the full benefits, costs and equity impacts of alternative
   transportation policies and programs.
 * Compare and evaluate alternatives.
 * Create a bridge between theory and practice.
   
   
   
   
   Click here for Planetizen Blogs:
   
   
   
   
   Clean Vehicles Versus Vehicle Travel Reductions: Better Transportation
   Emission Reduction Planning.
   There are many possible ways to reduce transportation emissions, some of
   which provide large co-benefits. Unfortunately, current evaluation practices
   tend to overlook some of the best. Let's examine why.
   
   
   
   
   Take the A Train: A Musical Inspiration for Planners.
   Take the A Train
   is a beautiful celebration of rail transit, urban sophistication, and the
   Harlem Renaissance all packed into the most danceable 2:54 minutes of musical
   teamwork ever recorded on a 78 disk. It’s my inspiration for great planning!
   
   
   
   
   Planning for New Mobilities: Preparing for Innovative Transportation
   Technologies and Services.
   New mobilities—emerging transportation technologies and services—have
   tantalizing potential. They allow people to scoot, ride, and fly like never
   before. However, they can also impose surprising problems. How should
   communities prepare?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Other Blogs and Webinars
   
   
   
   
   Not So Fast: Why Slower Is Often Better - Streetsblog.
   To create more affordable, healthy, equitable, accessible, and
   resource-efficient communities, planners must reform the way we value speed
   relative to other community goals.
   
   
   
   
   Planning for the New Mobilities, Meeting of the Minds.
   As we consider incorporating transportation innovations into our communities,
   there are good reasons to be cautious. New technologies and services can
   provide benefits, but often impose large and unfair costs. It is important to
   use comprehensive analysis when planning for new mobilities.
   
   
   
   
   AI (artificial intelligence) and You, episodes 61 and 62
   . Peter Scott interviews Todd Litman about his report
   Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions: Implications for Transport
   Planning
   
   
   
   
   Pneumatic Tube Trains and AVs to the Rescue? Smarter Planning for New
   Mobility, The City Fix blog.
   New modes and mobility services have tantalizing potential, but also impose
   significant costs and risks. We need comprehensive analysis to determine how
   – and how not – to incorporate these new technologies.
   
   
   
   
   Newsletters
   
   
   
   
   VTPI NEWS Summer 2021, Vo. 21/3
   
   
   New Mobilities Book Update
   
   
   VTPI NEWS Spring 2021, Vo. 21/2
   
   
   
   

 


NEWEST RESOURCES

NEW MOBILITIES: SMART PLANNING FOR EMERGING TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (PLANNER
PRESS 2021)
THIS NEW BOOK BY TODD LITMAN CRITICALLY EVALUATES TWELVE EMERGING TRANSPORTATION
TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES THAT MAY AFFECT OUR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. IT
SYSTEMATICALLY ANALYZES THEIR BENEFITS AND COSTS, AND HOW THEY AFFECT
AFFORDABILITY, SAFETY, SOCIAL EQUITY GOALS, AND CONTAGION RISK, AND PROVIDES
GUIDANCE FOR OPTIMIIZING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.

BOOK PUBLICITY

* GOODREADS NEW MOBILITIES PAGE. INFORMATION AND READER REVIEWS.

* PLANNING FOR NEW MOBILITIES: MEETING OF THE MINDS. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND
SERVICES CAN PROVIDE BENEFITS, BUT OFTEN IMPOSE LARGE AND UNFAIR COSTS. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO USE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS WHEN PLANNING FOR NEW MOBILITIES.

* TALKING HEADWAYS PODCAST: HOW WE’VE SUBSIDIZED DRIVING (AND WHAT WE CAN DO
ABOUT IT). STREETSBLOG'S JEFF WOOD INTERVIEWS TODD LITMAN ABOUT HIS BOOK, NEW
MOBILITIES. WE REFRAME TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, TALK ABOUT SHARING
INFORMATION, AND DISCUSS WHY AIR TAXIS MIGHT NOT BE THE FUTURE.

* PNEUMATIC TUBE TRAINS AND AVS TO THE RESCUE? SMARTER PLANNING FOR NEW
MOBILITY: THE CITY FIX. NEW MODES AND MOBILITY SERVICES HAVE TANTALIZING
POTENTIAL, BUT ALSO IMPOSE SIGNIFICANT COSTS AND RISKS. WE NEED OBJECTIVE AND
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE HOW – AND HOW NOT – TO INCORPORATE THESE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES.

* TODD LITMAN: FIVE PREDICTIONS ON NEW MOBILITY: VIEWPOINT VANCOUVER. THIS
“CHATBOX” WITH GORDON PRICE EXPLORES SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM THE BOOK, NEW
MOBILITIES, INCLUDING PREDICTIONS ABOUT EMERGING TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AND
SERVICES (E-BIKES AND -SCOOTERS, AUTONOMOUS CARS, DELIVERY DRONES, PNEUMATIC
TUBE TRANSPORT), AND THE LITMAN-GLAMOUR/BENEFITS-INVERSE-RELATIONSHIP.

* THE NEW MOBILITIES: SMART PLANNING FOR EMERGING TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES:
ENO FOUNDATION WEBINAR. TODD LITMAN DISCUSSES HOW NEW MODES AND SERVICES ARE
LIKELY TO AFFECT TRAVEL ACTIVITY, COSTS AND AFFORDABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN
AND COST, AND OTHER ELEMENTS.



COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT EMISSION REDUCTION PLANNING. GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING
TRANSPORTATION EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
THIS STUDY CRITICALLY EVALUATES THE METHODS USED TO DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION
EMISSION REDUCTION PLANS. IT FINDS THAT THE PROCESS IS OFTEN BIASED IN WAYS THAT
EXAGGERATE THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN VEHICLES SUCH AS ELECTRIC CARS, AND UNDERVALUE
VEHICLE TRAVEL REDUCTION STRATEGIES. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT TO BE EFFICIENT
AND EQUITABLE, TRANSPORTATION EMISSION REDUCTION PLANS SHOULD RELY AT LEAST AS
MUCH ON VEHICLE TRAVEL REDUCTIONS AS ON CLEAN VEHICLE STRATEGIES, WITH
PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON “QUICK WIN” STRATEGIES.


EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION EQUITY. GUIDANCE FOR INCORPORATING DISTRIBUTIONAL
IMPACTS IN TRANSPORT PLANNING
THIS ARTICLE, SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE ITE JOURNAL, PROVIDES GUIDANCE
FOR EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION EQUITY. IT DEFINES VARIOUS TYPES OF EQUITY, EQUITY
IMPACTS AND OBJECTIVES, AND DESCRIBES PRACTICAL WAYS TO INCORPORATE EQUITY
EVALUATION INTO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.


THE BUSINESS CASE FOR POST-COVID PUBLIC TRANSIT
THIS REPORT INVESTIGATES THE ROLES THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT PLAYS IN AN EFFICIENT AND
EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND HOW THE COVID PANDEMIC AFFECTS THESE ROLES.
THIS ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT WELL-PLANNED TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS CAN CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE LARGE BENEFITS. THIS IS A TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE PAIRAGRAPH DEBATE,
WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR TRANSIT AFTER COVID?, BETWEEN TRANSIT CRITIC RANDAL
O'TOOLE AND TODD LITMAN CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.


NOT SO FAST: BETTER SPEED VALUATION FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
PLANNING DECISIONS OFTEN INVOLVE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN SPEED AND OTHER GOALS. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER ALL IMPACTS WHEN MAKING SPEED-RELATED DECISIONS. THIS
REPORT EXAMINES WHY AND HOW TO DO THAT. IT DESCRIBES VARIOUS BENEFITS AND COSTS
OF FASTER TRAVEL, HOW SPEED VALUATION AFFECTS PLANNING DECISIONS, HOW THOSE
DECISIONS AFFECT OUTCOMES, AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR BETTER ANALYSIS. IT FINDS
THAT CONVENTIONAL PLANNING TENDS TO EXAGGERATE THE BENEFITS AND UNDERESTIMATE
THE COSTS OF FASTER TRAVEL.

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