ONLINE TDM ENCYCLOPEDIA – VTPI

This is a critical reference and tool set for World Streets readers, introducing the full contents as of 6 March 2019 of the TDM (Transportation Demand Management) Encyclopedia of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute headed by Todd Litman. All the more than one hundred resources and references cited here are available online. The full report is online at: http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/ 

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.

How important is TDM for transport/mobility planners, policy makers or concerned citizens and civil society?  It is very easy to answer that question, which boils down to this: If you do not have on your team first rate competence in TDM measures and references, then you are in the wrong business. TDM is the first line of defense of sustainable transport planning and policy!

Encyclooedia 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.

 – – – > Full report here: http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/

More on TDM from World Streets

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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.

Author’s Preface: from on Affordable Transportation 
I can report from personal experience that affordable transportation is possible and beneficial, but requires appropriate transport planning. Our demographically average household (two parents, two children, dog and cat) owned just one car, and five years ago when its engine failed we became car-free. We now rely on a combination of  walking, cycling, public transport, taxi, delivery services and occasional vehicle rentals. We spend less than $2,000 annually on local transport, at least $5,000 less than peer households. These savings finance our children’s university educations, and using affordable modes provide other benefits including increased personal fitness and better interaction with neighbors.
These savings and benefits are possible because we live in a compact community that has relatively good walking and cycling conditions, good public transit and taxi services, and local stores that offer delivery services. Conventional transport planning overlooks these benefits. Conventional planning tends to favor faster but less affordable transport modes, such as automobiles, over slower but more affordable modes such as walking, cycling and public transit. More comprehensive and multi-modal planning can allow other households to share the benefits we enjoy

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About the World Streets Climate Action Plan coordinator:

Eric Britton
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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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