Appendix 1 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM) TECHNIQUES
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.