Keynote Speaker:
Todd Litman - Victoria Transport Policy Institute
 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.
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