Glaeser, Edward2015-04-062015-04-062012https://hdl.handle.net/11299/171070JTLU vol 5, no 2, pp 1-4 (2012)The inaugural meeting of the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) was held in Whistler, British Columbia, July 28–30, 2011. The conference brought together academics and practitioners at the intersection of economics, planning, and engineering in the fields of transport and land use.In addition to presentations based on rigorously peer-reviewed papers, the conference included a plenary presentation from Ed Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics with the Department of Economics, Harvard University, and author of the book Triumph of the City. Following are excerpts from Glaeser’s keynote address.enLand useTransportDevelopmentDensityCitiesEconomicsArticle10.5198/jtlu.v5i2.371