Metro Area CMAQ Transportation

Demand Management Programs

Region 2040 Initiatives Grant

Application Form

Administered by TriMet

Funding Decisions made by Metro’s TDM Subcommittee

Fiscal Year

July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005

and

July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Metro Area CMAQ Transportation Demand Management Programs

Application for FY05 and FY06 CMAQ Region 2040 Initiatives Grant Application

Included in This Package

Grant Applications Available: Included in this packet is the application for Fiscal Year 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) and Fiscal Year 2006 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006) Metro Area CMAQ Region 2040 Initiatives Program funds. This grant funds transportation demand management services and programs. The Region 2040 Initiatives Program (hereafter referred to as the 2040 Program) is funded with federal Congestion Mitigation for Air Quality (CMAQ) monies. Applications can be obtained from both the TriMet (www.trimet.org) and Metro (www.metro-region.org) website or by calling Tom Mills at (503) 962-4883 or Kelley Webb 503-797-1894.

Eligible Organizations: All jurisdictions, TMAs, and non-profit organizations with the mission of implementing transportation demand management programs located in Metro’s boundaries are eligible for 2040 Program funds.

Eligible Projects: Projects funded with 2040 Program monies must strive to reduce the usage of single occupant vehicles and/or daily vehicle miles traveled within a specific geographic location. All projects must quantify this reduction and quantify CO2 reduction or other air quality improvements. See Attachment A for a sample list of eligible projects.

Available Funds: For Fiscal Year 2005 and 2006, a total of $340,000 in CMAQ funds (with a $51,000 match from TriMet) is available through the 2040 Program. Programs can apply for two years of funding. A plan for continuing the program beyond the two years will be required unless there is not a need for the program to continue.

Past Projects: To view a list of past projects please go to the Regional Travel Options page on Metro’s website www.metro-region.org

Grant Process: TriMet and Metro are coordinating the grant process for these funds. The TDM Subcommittee (subcommittee to the Transportation Policy Advisory Committee) will review grant proposals and rank projects for funding allocation. Funds will be allocated to projects based on rankings until all funds have been allocated. Members of the TDM Subcommittee include representatives of:

Oregon Department of Transportation

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Oregon Department of Energy

METRO

Clackamas County

Multnomah County

Washington County

Port of Portland

City of Portland

City of Gresham

Wilsonville/SMART

TriMet

C-Tran

TMA Representative

3 Citizen Representations

Grant Process

The Grant Process will include the following steps:

Step 1:  Applications available September 1^st, 2003. Applications will outline general types of programs/projects eligible for funding, specific application requirements and allocation criteria.

Step 2:  Applications will be due to TriMet/Metro before 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 2003. Applications that miss the submittal deadline will be eliminated from consideration.

Step 3:  Initial Review by TriMet/Metro Administrative Staff completed by October 15, 2003.

TriMet/Metro staff will review applications and factual criteria will be noted. The TDM Subcommittee has approved all factual criteria to be applied. An application summary will be developed that will highlight the factual criteria.

Step 4:  The applications and application summary will be forwarded to the TDM Subcommittee the week of October 27^th, 2003. Committee members will apply the TDM criteria and score the applications prior to the November 13^th, 2003, TDM Subcommittee meeting.

Step 5:  The TDM Subcommittee will meet on November 13, 2003 to compile their application scores. Applicants will have an opportunity to speak on behalf of their application. Subcommittee members will make final adjustments to scores. Scores will be added for each project and the projects will be placed in a final ranked application list by score. Funds will be allocated based on the final ranked list and available funds. TPAC will be notified of the final ranked list at the December meeting. If the sub-committee cannot agree on one final ranked list, then TriMet/Metro will send a staff report that would include the final county/city rankings and the issues to TPAC.

Step 6:  Applicants will receive notification of their approval or denial by December 31, 2003.

Timeline: Below is the timeline for the allocation process:

•  Grant applications will be available from TriMet/Metro: September 1, 2003

•  Grant applications due to TriMet: October 1, 2003

•  Metro and TriMet application review meeting: October 15, 2003

•  TDM Subcommittee meeting to rank projects: November 13, 2003

•  TPAC notification of funding allocations: December 2003

•  Applicants notified allocation by December 31, 2003

•  FY05 and FY06 Region 2040 Program funds available July 1, 2004 and July 1, 2005

Scoring Criteria:

All projects must include a program plan that details

•  expected outcomes

•  key actions for achieving those outcomes

•  a funded evaluation component that includes quantifiable measures of program success, and

•  total project budget including a list of other funding sources.

Projects that do not meet these requirements will not be scored. If projects are applying for two years of funding, then a three-year program plan that shows how the program will be sustained in the long term will be required.

All projects are required to submit a final report to the TDM Subcommittee by June 30, 2005.

The TDM Subcommittee will allocate up to 10 points for each criterion based upon the degree to which the project meets each criterion.

1.  Project focus is within a Region 2040 Center or a Transit Oriented Development.

10  Central City, regional and town centers, main streets, industrial areas and TODs

7  Corridors and employment areas

3  Inner and outer neighborhoods

2.  Project results in VMT reduction or SOV use region-wide or in a targeted area.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

3.  Project can demonstrate and quantify air quality improvements.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

4.  Project provides higher quality TDM programs than are currently available in a targeted area.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

5.  Project promotes alternative modes, particularly active transportation modes, for the community as a whole, including children and the aging population.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

6.  Project augments local or regional TDM programs.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

7.  Project enhances other local or regional transportation investments, including existing or planned fixed route transit service.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

8.  Project can be reasonably implemented within the grant period and is cost effective.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

9.  Project makes a land use-transportation-health connection.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

10.  Project enhances evaluation and monitoring tools for TDM programs.

10  High

7  Medium

3  Low

An additional 10 points will be given to each project that receives a letter of support from the corresponding County Coordinating Committee (for projects located in Washington, Clackamas, and East Multnomah counties) or the City of Portland Transit Options Division (for projects located within the City of Portland). An applicant that is applying for funds for multiple projects can either submit one letter endorsing each project or one letter endorsing all projects included in the application.

Maximum allowable score = 110 points.

Grant Application Review Meeting: TriMet and Metro will hold a grant application review meeting on October 15, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. at TriMet, 4012 SE 17^th Ave. (cross-street is Center St.), Portland, OR in Conference Room C. If you have additional questions regarding the application you may call Tom Mills, TriMet Service Planner at 503-962-4883. If you have questions about the application process, you may call Kelley Webb, Metro Transportation Planner at 503-797-1894.

How to apply for 2040 Program funds: Submit 1 printed copies and 1 electronic copy of your application by 5:00pm October 1, 2003 to:

Tom Mills

Service Planner

TriMet

HTP2

4012 SE 17^th Avenue

Portland, OR 97202-3940

millst@trimet.org

APPLICATION

Section I: Applicant Information

Submit just one completed copy of the Applicant Information (even if applying for multiple projects).

Section II: Program Proposal

Submit one completed copy of the Program Proposal for each program or project for which the applicant is applying.

❑  Project Plan: Include expected outcomes, actions for achieving those outcomes and measures of success

Project Plan – CarpoolMatchNW

I. INTRODUCTION

The City of Portland Transportation Options Division requests $133,310 for FY 04/05 and $134,725¹ for FY 05/06 for outreach, marketing, and site improvements for CarpoolMatchNW.

CarpoolMatchNW is an innovative rideshare matching website serving the Portland – Vancouver region. The website came online in April 2002, breaking down the barriers to ridesharing that existed in the region. This project augmented TriMet’s and C-TRAN’s existing rideshare programs by combining their databases and resources, putting the User in charge of finding a match, and making ridesharing more accessible and anonymous.

Development of the website was funded by The Climate Trust, an organization that funds CO₂ reduction programs. The City of Portland Transportation Options Division manages the project. The website is maintained by the City of Portland’s Corporate GIS. CarpoolMatchNW.org is a striking example of a multi-organizational partnership using new technology to reduce Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT). Coordinated by the Options Division, the project Oversight Committee includes representatives from transit agencies, jurisdictions, employers, and Transportation Management Associations (TMA’s). These agencies were intimately involved in developing the site and continue to assist with the promotional campaign. The site is also being used by the Rogue Valley Transit District in Medford for its carpool matching.

Ridesharing is an important, yet under-utilized, mode option for the Portland region. Burning fossil fuels is Oregon’s primary contribution to global warming. Oregon generates about 40 million tons a year of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from all sources, and transportation contributes the largest share of carbon dioxide, about 53 percent.²

The Portland region has numerous programs to reduce commuter VMT. They include employer incentives and government subsidies that encourage commuters to ride transit, bicycle, walk, or join carpools or vanpools. Over the years, lack of resources to fund a comprehensive carpool/vanpool program has resulted in an untapped market with outstanding growth potential.

A successful ridesharing program meets a number of regional goals, including:

•  Metro’s Region 2040 goals

•  The State of Oregon’s goals for commute trip reduction

•  DEQ’s goals for improved air quality

•  The City of Portland Comprehensive Plan and policy goals for the Central City Transportation Management Plan (CCTMP)

•  City of Portland’s Transportation System Plan

•  City of Portland’s Global Warming Plan

•  ODOT”s goals for improving overall regional road capacity

II. 2040 FUNDING – EXPECTED OUTCOMES

With funding from the region, CarpoolMatchNW expects to eliminate 70,000 metric tons of CO₂ over ten years. In FY 04/05 and FY 05/06, CarpoolMatchNW plans to establish thirty new vanpools each year and increase the number of carpool trips each day by 1800. This translates to reducing more than 18 million miles driven each year and nearly 1 million gallons of gas. Because of the original funding through The Climate Trust, this project demonstrates and quantifies air quality improvements.

In order to achieve our ten year goals, we need between 8,000 and 10,000 people in the database actively seeking a carpool partner. If fully funded, this two year Outreach and Marketing campaign for CarpoolMatchNW will result in an additional 7,750 registrants each year for two years. This comes to a per registrant cost of about $17 each.

III. KEY ACTIONS

CarpoolMatchNW is a three pronged program -- Technical, Customer Service, and Outreach and Marketing. The Technical component covers project management, site maintenance through the City’s Corporate GIS division, site improvement, and monitoring and verification. This proposal requests additional dollars for site improvements and updates. The region has already committed enough funds to cover project management and site maintenance for these two fiscal years.

Customer Service includes helping people use the database and proactively working with the site’s administrative tool to help place people in carpools. It also provides the essential “real person” who answers the phone and guides people. The region has funded this position for many years through the TDM “Core” Program. This application assumes that will continue to be the case.

The Technical and Customer Service components comprise the basic functionality of the CarpoolMatchNW program. Outreach and Marketing is the program piece that encourages people to register in the database and look for a carpool partner. According to CarpoolMatch’s online survey of all participants, sixty-nine percent of survey respondents are not in a carpool because they did not get any matches. This emphasizes the importance of Outreach and Marketing to increase the number of people in the database.

During its first year of operation, Outreach and Marketing promotions focused primarily on commute trips. We are currently developing components that will focus on reducing other types of trips as well. For example, in conjunction with Mount Hood Meadows, we are developing a component to help people find carpools for one-time trips to and from the ski resort. This feature also will be useful for people travelling long distances to meetings as well as other recreational events.

With this funding request, CarpoolMatchNW would like to build upon existing Outreach and Marketing campaigns as well as develop or pilot new campaigns for non-commute trips. These campaigns are currently un-funded for FY 04/05 and FY 05/06.

The three general areas of marketing CarpoolMatchNW are one to one outreach, general public marketing, and partnership development. Each of these complement the others and are all important to increasing the number of carpools in the region.

1. One to One Outreach

CARPOOL TO WORK

One to one outreach includes working with Transportation Coordinators (TCs) at targeted companies in Region 2040 Activity Centers and Industrial Zones where transit is less available. Ridesharing in these areas is a more viable TDM program than others available in the targeted areas and is a mode that enhances the transportation investments in these areas. Targeted areas for CarpoolMatchNW promotions include Wilsonville, Airport/PDX, Swan Island, Rivergate, Clackamas, Clark County, and Downtown.

We plan to run at least two campaigns a year where TCs are rewarded for encouraging their fellow employees to register in the site as well as providing incentives for those who register. We conducted a pilot campaign in 2002 and had good results. During a two month period, 271 people registered on the site. The average number of registrants before these campaigns was about 90 people per month.

One to one outreach depends on promotions at T-Fairs throughout the region. This application assumes that TriMet, C-TRAN and SMART staff will continue to promote CarpoolMatchNW at these events, which reduces staff costs for CarpoolMatchNW. In order for these partners to successfully promote the website, this proposal includes money to purchase two laptops with wireless internet access for representatives from these organizations to take with them to T-Fairs.

One to one outreach also includes continual promotions to existing Users. These people are enthusiastic supporters of the website and are a great way to promote the website through word of mouth – an important and effective one to one outreach tool.

Carpool to School Pilot Program

This application includes funding a pilot for a new outreach program to magnet schools within the City of Portland. In the five targeted magnet school boundaries, more than 1,370 children live outside the neighborhood and must commute long distances each day. Significant VMT and CO₂ could be reduced by creating carpools among these families.

We are asking $40,425 in FY 04/05 and $43,495 in FY 05/06 for one to one outreach. Based on last year’s pilot program, we project that the combination of TC campaigns, T-Fairs, and the carpool to school promotion will result in an additional 2,630 registrants. This results in a cost of about $17 per registrant.

2. General Public Marketing

General public marketing augments and supports the one to one outreach. This past year, we had bus tail advertising on the C-TRAN buses in August and September. As a result, 154 people registered in the database. We also had some newspaper and TV publicity, which resulted in 126 people registering in the middle of the summer. To expand this program, we are interested in soliciting sponsorships for drive-time radio spots, continuing to advertise on the back of the buses and soliciting participation from people who park in downtown garages. We also will promote the Spanish and Russian versions of the website when they are completed.

According to the ad reps, bus advertising generates 2.5 million impressions, and the radio spots reach about 800,000 people who are driving alone. Even if only 1% of these people visit the site, that would result in 33,000 people visiting the website. According to Webtrends, about one percent of the people who visit the site actually register. Based on this average, the resulting number of registrants from the general public marketing campaign would be 3,300. We are requesting $57,885 the first year for this campaign, and 5% more the second year. This results in a cost of about $17 per registrant.

IV. MONITORING AND VERIFICATION

The City of Portland is required by the terms of its contract with The Climate Trust to measure the amount of CO₂ reduced during this term of this project. In order to determine if CarpoolMatchNW is meeting its objectives, an ongoing assessment process is carried out during each operating year. The City and The Climate Trust agreed on a Monitoring and Verification Plan, which specifies each of the steps the City of Portland and an independent research firm will employ to verify that the Project's targeted emission reductions have occurred.

The Monitoring and Verification Plan describes the projected carbon dioxide offsets that are expected to occur during each project year and the methodology employed to calculate them. This includes the formulation of baseline measures against which to judge the impact of the Project-induced emission reductions.

The Monitoring and Verification Plan also enumerates the data collection specifications which were incorporated into the CarpoolMatchNW website by the software developer. This includes the online-administered user surveys that are a key source of data for assessing the project's impact. The plan also formulates several research designs that are employed to verify its effects. Finally, the Monitoring and Verification Plan outlines the requirements for the Annual Monitoring and Verification Report based on the evidence provided by PDOT and the annual verification study. The TDM sub-committee will benefit from these measuring requirements.

The Monitoring and Verification tools used by CarpoolMatchNW could enhance evaluation and monitoring tools for all TDM programs. CarpoolMatchNW uses an internet survey tool and personal follow up and interviews with Users. Based on the success of these tools with CarpoolMatchNW, they could be used by other TDM programs to expand evaluation beyond the Eco-surveys.

V.  CONCLUSION

Carpooling is underused in this region. CarpoolMatchNW is an affordable and measurable transportation project with tremendous potential to help the region achieve its goals. Carpooling is also a benefit for the region’s individuals. It reduces congestion by taking cars off the road, and offers health benefits by reducing the pollutants in the air. It also reduces the individual’s transportation costs and is an excellent choice for people who do not live or work near convenient transit service.

Program/Project Budget: (Please list specific expenditures.)

Expenditures:

Expense:

Program/Project Cost

$355,210 for FY 04/05

$357,670 for FY 05/06

Personnel/administration cost

$0

Materials cost

$64,310 for FY 04/05

$67,525 for FY 05/06

Consulting contracts

$0

Total program/project cost

$419,520 for FY 04/05

$425,195 for FY 05/06

❑  Provide a description of how funds will be spent (attach description if necessary):

BUDGET

This program can be reasonably implemented within the grant period and is cost effective. For just over $130,000 each year, sixteen thousand people are projected to register in the database. This is a cost of about $17 per registrant. Carpooling and vanpooling is underused in this region, but it has tremendous potential. The region’s investment in this program is essential if ridesharing is going to be a viable transportation option.

The table below identifies CarpoolMatchNW’s baseline CMAQ allocation for FY 04/05 and FY 05/06 and highlights the programs we would like to add to this baseline.

The original CMAQ allocation to this program is $75,000 for each fiscal year plus around $80,000 for the Customer Service representative through TriMet. The $75,000 is budgeted to cover the site’s basic costs of the Program Manager and the annual maintenance of the website.

As mentioned previously, CarpoolMatchNW has three essential components – Technical, Customer Service, and Outreach and Marketing. The TDM subcommittee has already allocated enough to TriMet to cover most of the Technical and Customer Service components of the program. This application requests 2040 Initiatives Funds of $133,310 the first year and $134,725 the second to conduct the Outreach and Marketing program and update and improve the site. Without additional funding, the site will function, but it will be under-utilized -- Outreach and Marketing and maintaining a dynamic site are essential if carpooling and vanpooling is to increase in this region.

More detailed budget information is available in the Work and Communication Plan.

❑  Is this an existing program/project?        Yes     No

If yes, what program/project?

CarpoolMatchNW

❑  On what geographic area will this program/project focus?

Services will be provided throughout the northern Willamette Valley, from north of Vancouver, WA to south of Salem, OR. Some concentrated marketing efforts will be made in the Interstate Corridor, at selected elementary schools, and at targeted companies in 2040 Regional, Town, and Employment Centers.

❑  Are there existing partnerships?        Yes     No

Provide a list of key project partners and their role in implementing this project.

The CarpoolMatchNW website is managed by the City of Portland and is supported by many regional partners including TriMet, C-TRAN, SMART, Metro, DEQ, ODOT, and the area’s TMAs.

❑  Is this a new service in this geographic area?      Yes     No  

If no, what similar services exist in the geographic area?

There are no similar services. The service began in April 2002.

❑  Will this proposed program/project impact VMT or mode share? Explain how you will measure and report this impact.

Yes. With funding from the region, CarpoolMatchNW expects to eliminate 70,000 metric tons of CO₂ over ten years. In Fiscal Years 04/05 and 05/06, CarpoolMatchNW plans to establish thirty new vanpools each year and increase the number of carpool trips each day by 1800. This translates to reducing more than 18 million miles driven each year and nearly 1 million gallons of gas. Because of the original funding through The Climate Trust, this project demonstrates and quantifies air quality improvements.

In order to achieve our ten year goals, we need between 8,000 and 10,000 people in the database actively seeking a carpool partner. This grant application is designed to achieve these goals and uses the results of the first year to calculate expected future results. If fully funded, this two year Outreach and Marketing campaign for CarpoolMatchNW will result in an additional 7,750 registrants each year for two years.

The City of Portland is required by the terms of its contract with The Climate Trust to measure the amount of CO₂ reduced over the ten-year contract term. In order to determine if CarpoolMatchNW is meeting the established objectives, an ongoing assessment process is carried out during each operating year. For example, between April 2002 to April 2003, the annual evaluation found that 7,824 trips were reduced resulting in a CO₂ reduction of 95.3 metric tons. The average round trip length was 45 miles (as reported by CarpoolMatchNW participants), yielding an annual VMT reduction of 352,080 miles.

❑  How will this program/project support the transportation needs of residents and employees in your service area? Where did you get the information about these transportation needs?

Carpooling is a viable transportation choice for many residents and employees in the region, particularly for those who live or work in areas with poor (or no) transit service. Unfortunately, it has not always been easy for residents and employees to find timely carpool matches for several reasons. Matches were done “by hand” before the CarpoolMatchNW web tool was developed, forcing residents and employees to wait weeks to receive match results. Individual jurisdictions and service providers had separate databases, so residents and employees who lived in one area and traveled to another were unsure who they should call to request help finding a carpool partner. Finally, several surveys of residents and employees revealed that many people were reluctant to send their personal information to “a nameless, faceless bureaucrat.” CarpoolMatchNW was designed specifically to resolve these user issues.

❑  How does this program/project support local transportation goals and activities?

A successful ridesharing program meets a number of regional goals, including:

•  Metro’s Region 2040 goals

•  City of Portland’s Transportation System Plan

•  City of Portland’s Global Warming Plan

•  The State of Oregon’s goals for commute trip reduction

•  DEQ’s goals for improved air quality

•  The City of Portland Plan and Policy goals for the Central City Transportation Management Plan (CCTMP)

•  ODOT’s goals for improving overall regional road capacity

Carpooling is important to the land use-transportation-health connection that is a priority for the region. Carpooling reduces the need for roads and parking infrastructure, it reduces congestion and offers an alternative to those underserved by transit, and it reduces the amount of hazardous pollutants released in the air which can cause severe health problems.

CarpoolMatchNW expects to eliminate 70,000 metric tons of CO₂ over ten years. The goals we set with The Climate Trust are very ambitious. They include establishing thirty new vanpools each year and increasing the number of carpool trips each day by 1800. This translates to reducing more than 18 million VMT each year and nearly 1 million gallons of gas.

This program enhances the existing carpool program which has been administered by TriMet for ten years by providing a web-based tool. It also has helped leverage funds for the carpool program by involving multiple jurisidictions and The Climate Trust.

Please estimate the number of residents, employers and employees in your service area that could benefit from this program/project (Provide demographics, if possible, of your targeted population).

CarpoolMatchNW makes finding a carpool partner easy and convenient for everyone in the region. Residents, employers, and employees all benefit when more people carpool because of the decrease in congestion and improved air quality when fewer cars are on the road.

❑  If this request is to purchase a vehicle(s):

•  Will your organization have the budget to maintain and operate the vehicle(s)?  Yes    No

➢  If yes, where are the operating funds for the service coming from?

❑  How will this program/project be managed, who will be the project manager, will a consultant be hired?

CarpoolMatchNW is managed by the primary partners, PDOT, Tri-Met, C-TRAN, and SMART. Louise Tippens, PDOT, is the project manager.

❑  How long will each phase of the program/project take? When will it be completed?

This is an ongoing program.

❑  Is there a communications plan for the project?      Yes    No

If yes, please attach or integrate into your project work plan.

Please see attached.

❑  What products will result from this program/project?

This program results in more people registered in the CarpoolMatchNW database and more people carpooling in the region. The program also produces promotions, incentives, and marketing materials.

Section III: Match Pledge

Submit one completed copy of the Match Pledge for each program or project for which the applicant is applying. In the Match Pledge section, please note how will match for the proposed program/project be provided (i.e., cash, in kind services, etc.)? Add rows if necessary.

*Assumes cash match traditionally made by Tri-Met will be made in FY’s 04/05 and 05/06.

**Previously allocated Tri-Met CMAQ funds.  

Section IV: Application Verification

Submit just one signed copy of the Application Verification form (even if applying for multiple projects).

By signing below, I verify that the above statements in Section I. and all versions of Sections II. & III. are true to the best of my knowledge.

Section VII. Supplementary Materials

❑  Project Plan including

o  Goals

o  Outcomes

o  Actions

o  Budget (including all funding sources and inkind match)

o  Key partners

o  Evaluation plan

o  Communications plan

Attachment A

Examples of TDM activities that are eligible for Region 2040 Initiatives Program funding (Note: these are examples only and not a complete list)

Innovative Services:

•  expansion of the existing vanpool, carpool and emergency ride home programs from employers to residential and neighborhood areas.

•  creation of transportation options that facilitate the development of regional mobility centers allowing telecommute, transit, station cars, car sharing and bicycles to provide connections to the regional transit network as well as enhance local transportation options.

•  supporting TMA and employer sponsored shuttle options for local or regional commuters.

•  the enhancement of advanced customer information, making it useful for a variety of non-traditional transit services.

Areas Specific Educational Programs:

•  Develop & implement employer education seminars in your area that assist employers with implementation of an on-site alternative transportation program. Examples of topics might include: BETC, Setting Up a Telecommute Program, Setting Up a Transit Subsidy Program, Parking Management, Parking Cashout, Commuter Choice Program, On-site Alternative Mode Marketing, etc.

o  Application must specify # of programs and topics, # of employers expected to participate, where seminars will be held, how seminars will coordinate with other regional alternative transportation training programs for employers.

•  Develop & implement an on-site employee alternative transportation program that provides employees in local area with information needed to effectively utilize alternative transportation for their daily commute.

o  Application must specify information to be communicated, # of employment sites and/or employees that can be expected to participate, & how implementation will occur.

•  Develop & implement alternative transportation options and safety outreach program targeting school age children in local area.

o  Application should indicate how applicant will coordinate with existing alternative transportation outreach programs for school age children. In addition, the application should specify where educational/outreach activities would occur. At a minimum coordination should include but not be limited to: safe streets program, transit education programs, local jurisdictional programs, ODOT safety program, schools, agencies running after school activities, etc.

•  Develop & implement transportation options targeting seniors and people with disabilities in local area.

o  Application should indicate how applicant will coordinate with existing alternative transportation outreach programs for seniors and people with disabilities in local area. In addition, the application should specify where educational/outreach activities would occur. At a minimum coordination should include, but not be limited to, senior centers, Ride Connection, fixed route & paratransit options, etc.

Area Specific Marketing & On-site ECO Program Development:

•  Develop & Implement transportation options brochure, map or resources available for local area employer and/or employees.

•  Work with local retail establishments to develop & implement concierge program for local employers.

•  Develop and implement on-site childcare facilities at local employment centers.

o  Application must specify employment area and provide contact information.

Area Specific Programs/Services

•  Develop and implement construction mitigation programs for MTIP/STIP or locally funded transportation projects (e.g., Highway 26 overpass, Interstate MAX, sewer projects, etc.).

o  Application must indicate how applicant will coordinate with involved local/regional jurisdiction or state agency

•  Develop and implement program/services to improve existing road capacity on identified regional/local congested roads (e.g., programs to mitigate congestion to improve freight movement, freeways, arterials, etc.)

o  Application must indicate how applicant will coordinate with involved local/regional jurisdiction or state agency

•  Develop and implement programs or services that connect local areas that aren’t served or are underserved by transit (i.e., vanpools, shuttles, station cars, yellow bikes, etc.).

•  Work with employers, local jurisdictions, real estate brokers, or rental unit owners to develop programs that encourage employees to live near work or transit (i.e., promotion of location efficient mortgage).