Creating Sustainable Transportation @ Universities

1. Creating Sustainable Transportation @ Universities Brian D. Shaw Director of Campus Transportation & Parking

2. Where is UC?

3. UC Campus & Parking Locations

4. Where UC Employees Live:

5. Where UC Students Live:

6. How UC folks get to campus:

7. No silver bullet – consider all modes Let the individuals decide Don’t give away parking Use what you already have Look for opportunities to improve Lend a helping hand Sustainable Transportation: It’s about choice

8. 2 Committees – Policy & Operations Must have top level buy-in Do not create programs in a vacuum! Feedback, feedback, feedback Take the show on the road Developing programs:

9. Policy – top level management, meets quarterly Operations – mid-level managers, meets monthly The Committees

10. Go to them – Student Government, Advisory Committees Unique issues and concerns: Environmental Advocacy Safety Late Night Off-Campus Student Involvement

11. Parking: $30-100/month CTA monthly pass: $75 METRA monthly pass: $52.65-197.10 South Shore monthly pass: $82.35-273.75 Gas costs over $3/gallon Building the case for demand management: The facts

12. $2,000/year to maintain/operate a space Parking not priced to cover expenses: Taxes Management, security, operations & maintenance Demand management Takes away land for other needs The Truth about Parking

13. Shifting the Demand on Campus from: Driving Alone – cheaper, easier mode Level the playing field Make public transit cheaper than parking Equalize parking rates across campus Transit & Parking Goal: Getting the Balance Right

14. Increasing demand for parking Parking lots = Building sites More buildings = More people More people = More demand for parking Implementing the Master Plan: The Transportation Impact

15. Mitigating the Impacts • Two Complementary Strategies – • Higher parking rates – • disincentive to park on campus • provides funding for other modes of travel • Level the playing field • Make parking cost more than other options • Reduce demand for parking – • allow continued growth of University • minimizing impact to the surrounding neighborhoods • limit need for additional parking facilities • foster travel choice & flexibility

16. Increase parking rates to equalize stop subsidizing parking Improve demand management programs give people choice & flexibility of how to get to campus improve each year with additional funding and program growth. Heightened Enforcement Compliment demand management Strategies in action: The Solutions

17. Adequacy of rates will be reviewed each year and adjusted accordingly based on these factors: Taxes – previously unfunded Management, security, operations & maintenance – previously under-funded Demand management - new Demand Management Efforts to be funded - Base Program – FY 07 Improved Transit – FY 07 Shuttles – FY 08-09 Transit & Vanpool subsidies – FY 07-08 Other incentives – FY 09 New Parking Rate Formula

18. Levels the playing field between driving alone and other travel modes Provides travel choice & flexibility Will build off existing efforts – CTA, METRA & South Shore, evening buses, walkable environment, biking Why Demand Management?

19. Guaranteed Ride Home – Security Occasional Use Parking – Flexibility Car Sharing – Choice Carpool/Vanpool parking – Incentive Creating the Base Program – FY07

20. Let the employee choose Call it a “Transportation Allowance” Use Pre-Tax program to pay for: Parking Transit Vanpools Keep allowance as taxable salary Parking Cash-Out

21. Partnership with CTA Free to UC population Open to anyone Cost Effective Community Relations Connectivity to Rail Systems Local Transit Program

22. Safety and Security Ability to do charters using UC buses Para-transit service Evening & Late-night transportation Private Transportation Services

23. Improving awareness of available options Coordinating with UC Police Do not deny a ride! Safety & Transportation

24. Partnering with UC Hospitals CTA/Metra shuttle Use of each others shuttle services Help with parking Funding Partnerships & Coordination

25. Vanpool development assistance – FY 07 Marketing & Recognition campaigns – FY 07-08 Transit and vanpool subsidies – FY 07 Northside/Downtown express bus – FY 08 Red/Green “L” shuttle – FY 07 Incentives for bikers & walkers – FY 09 Improved bike storage – cages in garages Discount gym memberships Occasional transit usage Shoes, equipment Future program elements

26. Use density plot to ID routes Provide upfront discount to join Free parking to vanpools Get the word out Bribe ‘em with food! Vanpool Development

27. Take advantage of road construction Could motivate some to change mode Provides help and options Motivator: The Dan Ryan

28. Save $! Gas, wear & tear, insurance, parking Quality of Life – Make better use of commute time Read, sleep, work, exercise, etc. Reduce stress Environmental benefits Flexibility Avoid the Ryan! What’s in it for me?

29. Long Distance Commuter – 10+ miles Options – METRA, NICTD, CTA, Carpool and/or Vanpool Short Distance Commuter - <10 miles Options – Walking, biking, CTA, carpool, UC sponsored transportation (CTA & Evening buses) We will help you figure it out! Commute Examples

30. Brian D. Shaw (773) 834-2714 bshaw@uchicago.edu Contact Info