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Who We Are

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.
  

Newest Resources (December 2008)

A Good Example of Bad Transportation Performance Evaluation
This paper discusses principles of transportation performance evaluation, and critically evaluates the recent Fraser Institue report, Transportation Performance of the Canadian Provinces.

Carbon Taxes: Tax What You Burn, Not What You Earn
This report describes carbon taxes in general and the new British Columbia carbon tax in particular. It discusses carbon tax principles, identifies potential benefits and evaluates criticisms.

Multi-Modal Level of Service Indicators: Tools For Evaluating The Quality of Transport Services and Facilities
This new chapter to the OnLine TDM Encyclopedia describes various level-of-service (LOS) rating systems suitable for evaluating the quality of services and facilities for various transport modes. This helps create a more neutral planning decisions that involve tradeoffs between different transport modes.

Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance: Recommendations for Implementation
This paper provides guidance for implementing Pay-As-You-Drive vehicle insurance. It describes PAYD pricing options, discusses PAYD benefits and costs, describes regulatory reforms, evaluates various objections to PAYD, and provides specific recommendations for PAYD implementation.

Recommendations for Improving LEED Transportation and Parking Credits
This paper describes ways to improve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) transportation and parking credits. It proposes a new approach that can significantly increase LEED encouragement of transportation and parking management strategies.

Litman's Planetizen Blogs
VTPI Executive Director Todd Litman shares information and insights in blogs posted on Planetizen, a public-interest information exchange for urban planners, designs, and developers.

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