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 (September 2009)
Where We Want To Be: Home Location Preferences And Their Implications For Smart Growth
This report investigates consumer housing location preferences and their relationship to smart growth. It examines claims that most households prefer sprawl-location housing and so are harmed by smart growth policies. This analysis indicates that smart growth tends to benefit consumers in numerous ways. Market research indicates that most households want improved accessibility, land use mix, and diverse transport options and will often choose small-lot and attached homes with these features. The supply of small-lot and attached housing will need to approximately double by 2025 to meet consumer demands.
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.
Our goal is to make this information widely available. You are welcome
to quote and copy from VTPI documents, provided you credit the
authors. Most documents are posted in HTML or PDF format. Contact
VTPI to obtain a document in other formats such as Word or RTF, for
example, to more easily copy a table or graph. Just let us know how you
plan to use it – we are usually glad to accommodate such requests
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