[sustran] Announcement: VTPI Reports Now Free

Todd Litman litman at islandnet.com
Wed Mar 17 00:46:07 JST 1999


Most Victoria Transport Policy Institute reports are now available for free
downloading at our revised and expanded website: 

		http://www.islandnet.com/~litman


These reports were previously available only as printed documents, with
prices ranging from $8 to $16 per copy. Reports are updated and new reports
added regularly. Free reports include:

· Automobile Dependency and Economic Development
· The Costs of Automobile Dependency
· A Critical Evaluation of Electric Vehicle Benefits
· Defining and Quantifying Public Transit Benefits
· Distance-based Vehicle Insurance: A Practical Strategy for More Optimal
Pricing
· Evaluating Traffic Calming Benefits, Costs, and Equity Impacts
· Evaluating Transportation Equity
· Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning  
· Guide to Calculating TDM Benefits
· Land Use Impact Costs of Transportation
· Parking Requirement Impacts on Housing Affordability
· Pavement Buster's Guide
· Potential Transportation Demand Management Strategies
· Quantifying Bicycling Benefits for Achieving TDM Goals
· Reply to Critics of Transportation Costing
· Socially Optimal Road Transport Markets and Prices
· Transportation Cost Analysis for Sustainability
· Win-Win Transportation Strategies
· Whose Roads? Defining Bicyclists' and Pedestrians' Right to Use Public Roads


These documents provide a bridge between economic theory, and
implementation of best practices in transportation policy and planning.
They are based on through research and rigorous analysis, provide full
citations, and yet they are written for a general audience.

The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is dedicated to innovative research
and analysis. It develops practical tools for incorporating social and
environmental values into transportation decision making. It is a leader in
identifying ways to reconcile economic, social and environmental
objectives. This research is comprehensive and current, and has been widely
applied.


Sincerely,

Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560
E-mail:  litman at islandnet.com
Website: www.islandnet.com/~litman



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