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Todd Litman MES Current Employment Executive Director & Researcher, Victoria Transport Policy Institute City of Residence: Victoria, BC Education: Masters of Environmental Studies, 1995 & BA, with emphasis on urban planning, 1983 Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington) First job in transportation Consultant to the BC Ministry of Highways (now the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure) What positions have you taken on as a member of ITE? • Member of the Vancouver Island Section Executive Committee, 1999-2019 • ITE Parking Council & ITE Transportation Health Working Group Family: spouse Shoshana Kort Litman & children Graham & Raviv Things I like to do Bicycling; collecting antique atlases and geography books; walking our dog!
ITE INVOLVEMENT
What was the first ITE event you attended? I joined and started attending our section luncheon
What is your ITE involvement (past and present)? My research investigates emerging transportation
meetings in 1995. They took place in a dark basement room of an old hotel in downtown Victoria.
policy and planning issues. I frequently write related articles for CITE’s Transportation Talk and ITE Journal
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
and give presentations at conferences and workshops. What do you value most about your ITE membership? ITE members are my colleagues, people who struggle with solving day-to-day transportation problems such as traffic and parking congestion, traffic safety, inclusivity and affordability. They are a wonderful bunch!
What attracted you to the transportation profession? Did you have another career in mind? I became involved as a bicycle advocate and policy analyst who was interested in understanding the role that bicycling can play in an efficient and equitable transportation system. Over time my interests have expanded to consider a wider range of modes, impacts and goals. I did not actually plan this career— it grabbed me by the scruff of my neck. I could never have predicted that this would become my profession, but we deal with such interesting and important issues that I’m really glad that it happened.
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