Michael Replogle

Michael Replogle is an internationally recognized expert in the field of sustainable transport.^[1] He co-founded the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) in 1985, a nonprofit organization that promotes environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation projects and policies worldwide, as well as Bikes Not Bombs in 1984. He was the president of ITDP from 1985–1992 and 1998-2009, and managing director of ITDP from 2009-2015.^[2] His seminal 1987 paper on sustainable transport was the first to define the term.<ref name="Chris Zegras, "Mainstreaming Sustainable Urban Mobility," in Dimitriou, H. and R. Gackenheimer, Urban Transport in the Developing World: Policy and Planning Perspectives from the Early Second Millennium, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011.">Chris Zegras, "Mainstreaming Sustainable Urban Mobility," in Dimitriou, H. and R. Gackenheimer, Urban Transport in the Developing World: Policy and Planning Perspectives from the Early Second Millennium, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011</ref>

Replogle co-founded the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) in 2009 <ref name="Origin of SloCaT: Bellagio Process" and "Bellagio Declaration on Transportation and Climate Change." 2009.">"Origin of SloCaT: Bellagio Process" and "Bellagio Declaration on Transportation and Climate Change." 2009.</ref> and through that helped secure a $175 billion 10-year commitment from the world's largest multilateral development banks to support sustainable transport,^[3] with annual reporting and monitoring.^[4] Michael Replogle is currently the board chair man of the SLoCaT Foundation. He managed development of new tools and methods to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts of transportation projects and programs for the Asian Development Bank ^[5] and Global Environment Facility^[6] with CAI-Asia.

As transportation director of the Environmental Defense Fund from 1992-2009, he influenced U.S. federal transportation and environmental legislation and regulations, frequently testifying in the U.S. Congress.^[1] He has advised on metropolitan transportation plans and policies in Washington, Baltimore, New York, Denver, Atlanta, Portland (OR), Mexico City, Beijing, and other areas to promote more integrated transportation and land use planning, public transportation, sound transport pricing, and transportation system management and operations.^[1] He managed integrated transport and land use planning and modeling for Montgomery County, Maryland from 1983-1992.^[7]

He was a member of the Advisory Committee for the United Nations Centre for Regional Development^[8] and an active emeritus member of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries, which he helped found.^[9] He has been a long-time advisor to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), most recently through its advisory committees on Transportation Statistics ^[10] and Intelligent Transportation^[11] and travel modeling. He served on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Transportation.^[12]

Replogle received an M.E.S. and Honor B.E.S. in Civil and Urban Engineering and an Honor Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, all from the University of Pennsylvania.

Replogle is the author of a book on access to public transportation, several hundred magazine articles, and dozens of journal articles and reports.^[1]

Select Publications

• Replogle, M. with Colin Hughes, “Moving Toward Sustainable Transport,” 2012 State of The World Report, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC.

• Replogle, M., “Environmental Evaluation in Urban Transport,” in Harry T. Dimitriou & Ralph Gackenheimer (eds.), Urban Transport in the Developing World Edward Elgar Publishers (2011).

• Replogle, M. No More Just Throwing Money Out the Window: Using Road Tolls to Cut Congestion, Protect the Environment, and Boost Access for All, Environmental Defense Fund. (2008)

• Testimony of Michael Replogle, Transportation Director, Environmental Defense, Before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, United States Senate, July 30, 2002.

• Replogle, M. 'Intelligent Transportation Systems for Sustainable Communities, National Policy Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Environment, U.S. Department of Transportation (1994).

• Replogle, M. with Harriet Parcells, Linking bicycle/pedestrian facilities with transit: enhancing bicycle and pedestrian access to transit, U.S. Federal Highway Administration (1992).

• Replogle, M. “Sustainability: A Vital Concept for Transportation Planning and Development,” Journal of Advanced Transportation (1990).

• Replogle, M., Non-Motorized Vehicles in Asian Cities, prepared as part of the World Bank Asia Urban Transport Sector Study, (1990).

• Replogle, M. Bicycles and Public Transportation: New Links to Suburban Transit Markets, Rodale Press (1983).

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