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Appendix 1 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM) TECHNIQUES

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TDM techniques may include the following:

1. Ridesharing.

a. Carpool/vanpool matching;

b. Preferential parking for carpools and vanpools;

c. Carpool/vanpool financial subsidies or rewards;

d. Employer-provided vehicle for carpools/vanpools;

e. Employer-sponsored vanpools;

f. Rideshare marketing campaigns;

g. Financial subsidy of vanpool liability insurance.

2. Transit.

a. Work site transit ticket sales;

b. Transit ticket financial subsidies;

c. Transit route maps and schedules distributed and displayed on-site at the workplace;

d. Shuttle to transit lines.

3. Trip Elimination.

a. Compressed work weeks;

b. Work-at-home programs;

c. Telecommuting.

4. Parking Pricing.

a. Establishing monetary fees for employee parking;

b. Elimination of any employer parking financial subsidy;

c. Transition from employer parking financial subsidy to general transportation monetary allowance for all employees;

d. Reduced parking rates for carpools and vanpools;

e. Parking cash-out.

5. Bicycle and Pedestrian.

a. Bicycling financial subsidies or rewards;

b. Financial subsidy to employees for the purchase of bicycles for commute trip use;

c. Bicycle lockers or other secure, weather-protected bicycle parking facilities;

d. Bicycle access to building interior;

e. Bicycle and/or walking route information;

f. On-site bicycle registration.

6. On-Site Facilities/Services.

a. Employee shower facilities and clothes lockers;

b. Site modifications that would encourage walking, transit, carpool, vanpool and bicycle use;

c. On-site services to reduce mid-day vehicle trips, e.g., direct deposit of payroll, cafeteria, automatic teller machines, apparel cleaning, etc.;

d. On-site transportation fair to promote commute alternatives.

7. Other.

a. Membership in a transportation management association that provides services and incentives;

b. Establishment of employee committee to help design, develop and monitor the trip reduction program;

c. Guaranteed ride home program;

d. Financial subsidies or rewards for using walking and other nonmotorized transportation modes, transit or carpools;

e. Shuttles between multiple work sites;

f. Providing child day care at/near work site;

g. Enhanced trip reduction efforts.

8. Any additional techniques not listed which have potential to achieve the desired reductions in vehicle trips.