[sustran] News Release: New VTPI URL

[Todd Litman]

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			     NEWS RELEASE
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		Victoria Transport Policy Institute
		  "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"

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		          14 December 1999       
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The Victoria Transport Policy Institute website is reorganized, expanded,
and has a new address (URL):

		www.vtpi.org


Director Todd Litman's new email address is litman at vtpi.org.

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The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research
organization working to develop innovative solutions to transportation
problems. The VTPI website has more than three dozen free reports
addressing a wide range of transport planning and policy issues. New
documents are posted regularly.


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The following documents are posted at the VTPI website (grouped by subject
category):


Evaluating Impacts and Problems
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Transportation Cost Analysis Summary
Evaluating Criticism of Transportation Costing
Transportation Market Distortions - A Survey
Comparing Transportation Emission Reduction Strategies
Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning
Evaluating Transportation Equity


Solutions/TDM
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Win-Win Transportation Solutions
Potential TDM Strategies
Guide to Calculating TDM Benefits
Local Politician's Guide to Urban Transportation (By Councillor Gordon Price)
Evaluating Carsharing Benefits
First Resort; Resort Community Transportation Demand Management
UBC TREK Program Evaluation; Costs, Benefits and Equity Impacts of a
University TDM Program (by Todd Litman & Gordon Lovegrove)
Critical Evaluation of Electric Vehicle Benefits


Optimal Pricing
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Socially Optimal Transport Prices and Markets
Using Road Pricing Revenue: Economic Efficiency and Equity Considerations
Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance
Distance-Based Charges; A Practical Strategy for More Optimal Vehicle Pricing


Public Transit
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Estimating Important Transportation-Related Regional Economic Relationships
in Bexar County, Texas (by Jon R. Miller, Ph.D., M. Henry Robison, Ph.D., &
Michael L. Lahr, Ph.D.)
Evaluating Public Transit Benefits and Costs
Appropriate Public Transit Funding
Optimizing Public Transit Benefits


Humor
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Lionine Features to Enhance Bridge Capacity (by Walter Kulash, Sandy Curran
& Jay Hood)
Those Kinky Autophiles
Salvation by Bicycle
Cycling Route Perfect For Heavenly Bodies


Land Use Impacts
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Land Use Impact Costs of Transportation
Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability
Pavement Busters Guide
The Trouble With Minimum Parking Requirements (by Professor Donald Shoup)


Automobile Dependency and Balanced Transportation
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Automobile Dependency and Economic Development (Todd Litman & Felix Laube,
Ph.D.)
The Costs of Automobile Dependency
Optimal Level of Automobile Dependency
Transportation Paradise; Realm of the Nearly Perfect Automobile? (By
Professor John Pucher)


Sustainable Transportation
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Issues In Sustainable Transportation (by Todd Litman & David Burwell)
Sustainable Transportation Indicators
Transportation Cost Analysis for Sustainability
Reinventing Transportation; Exploring the Paradigm Shift Needed to
Reconcile Sustainability and Transportation Objectives


Non-Motorized Transportation Planning
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Whose Roads? Defining Bicyclists' and Pedestrians' Right to Use Public
Roadways
Quantifying the Benefits of Non-Motorized Transport for Achieving TDM
Objectives
Traffic Calming Benefits, Costs and Equity Impacts


Click here to access website: http://www.vtpi.org
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Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560
E-mail:  litman at vtpi.org
Website: http://www.vtpi.org