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The National Corridors Initiative, Inc.
James P. RePass - President & CEO The Hon. John Robert Smith - Chairman
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January 28-29, 2008 St. Louis, Mo
The First Carmichael Conference
Presentation by Todd Litman |
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Vol. 9 No. 14 - April 7, 2008
At the Carmichael Conference on the Future of American Transportation January 28, 2008 at St. Louis [ Publisher’s Note: This is the tenth in a series of addresses--- last week’s was by long-time transportation advocate and California transportation leader Rod Diridon --- from the Carmichael Conference on the Future of American Transportation held January 28-29 at the Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, MO. This presentation by Todd Litman, executive director of the world-renowned Victoria Transport Policy Institute, is a brief but well conceived expostulation of the transportation dilemma we have created for ourselves in North America, and some of the things we might do to work our way out of that dilemma. ]
Biography of Todd Litman 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 techniques, and make specialized technical concepts accessible to a larger audience. His research is used worldwide in transport planning and policy analysis. Mr. Litman is author of the Online TDM Encyclopedia, a comprehensive Internet resource for identifying and evaluating mobility management strategies. He has worked on numerous studies that evaluate the costs and benefits of various transportation services and activities. He authored Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis: Techniques, Estimates and Implications, a comprehensive study of transport impacts, which provides cost and benefit information in an easy-to-apply format. Todd has written or co-written several guides and technical manuals dealing with transport and land use planning issues. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops. His presentations range from technical and practical, to humorous and inspirational. Todd is active in several professional organizations, including the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the Transportation Research Board (a section of U.S. National Academy of Sciences) and the Centre for Sustainable Transportation. In addition to technical writing, Todd has co-authored two travel books (Washington; Off the Beaten Path and Best Bike Rides in the Pacific Northwest) with his wife, Suzanne Kort. They reside with their two children in Victoria, British Columbia. His Slide Presentation Follows:
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