Online TDM Encyclopedia

Transportation Demand Management (TDM, also called Mobility Management) is a general term for strategies that result in more efficient use of transportation resources. This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of information about innovative management solutions to transportation problems. It provides detailed information on dozens of demand management strategies, plus general information on TDM planning and evaluation techniques. It is produced by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute to increase understanding and implementation of TDM.

Contents Overview Strategies To Achieve Specific Objectives Best Strategies For Various Organizations and Stakeholder Groups TDM Strategies Improved Transport Options Incentives To Use Alternative Modes and Reduce Driving    Parking and Land Use Management    Policy And Institutional Reforms TDM Programs and Program Support TDM Planning and Evaluation Reference Information Overview These chapters describe this Encyclopedia and TDM.
About This Encyclopedia	Describes the Encyclopedia and how to use it.
Why Manage Transportation?	Discusses reasons to apply transportation demand management.
Success Stories	Describes successful TDM programs.
Win-Win Transportation Solutions	Describes TDM strategies that provide multiple economic, social and environmental benefits.
Strategies To Achieve Specific Objectives These chapters describe the best strategies for achieving specific objectives.
Congestion Reduction	Strategies for reducing traffic congestion.
Energy Conservation and Emission Reductions	Strategies for reducing vehicle energy consumption and pollution emissions.
Health and Fitness	Strategies that improve public fitness and health through physical activity.
Improving Equity	Strategies that help achieve equity objectives.
Livability Strategies	Strategies that improve local environmental quality as experienced by people who live, work and visit in a community.
Parking Solutions	Solutions to parking problems.
Rural Community TDM	Strategies that can help improve transportation in lower-density, rural areas.
Safety Strategies	Strategies for improving traffic safety and public health.
Transportation Affordability	Describes TDM strategies that increase transportation affordability.

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About the author:

Todd Litman is 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. He can be reached at: 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada. Email: litman@vtpi.org.

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Bio: Founding editor of World Streets (1988), Eric Britton is an American political scientist, teacher, occasional consultant, and sustainability activist who has observed, learned, taught and worked on missions and advisory assignments on all continents. In the autumn of 2019, he committed his remaining life work to the challenges of aggressively countering climate change and specifically greenhouse gas emissions emanating from the mobility sector. He is not worried about running out of work. Further background and updates: @ericbritton | http://bit.ly/2Ti8LsX | #fekbritton | https://twitter.com/ericbritton | and | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbritton/ Contact: climate@newmobility.org) | +336 508 80787 (Also WhatApp) | Skype: newmobility.)

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