Transportation Demand Management (TDM). TDM measures decrease the dependence on private automobiles by encouraging alternate modes of transportation. This page provides information on TDM Strategies, TDM Programs at sites throughout Barnstable County, and links on TDM. More employer resources are available at WorkRides.
Additional links or comments should be sent to trans@capecodcommission.org or to Transportation Staff, Cape Cod Commission, PO BOX 226, Barnstable, MA 02630-0226.
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to view TDM Programs for Projects in that TOWN
TDM strategies can be grouped into three general areas: "Support Measures," "Transportation Services," and "Economic Incentives" and some examples of each are listed in the following table:
TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
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preferential parking for car/vanpoolers |
provide/subsidize vans for vanpoolers |
subsidize transit passes
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on-site bicycle racks/lockers |
provide public transportation |
employee incentives (allowances for using alternate modes of transportation)
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on-site amenities (ATM, cafetreria, child care, fitness facilities, car repair, stamps, etc.) |
showers and changing facilities for bikers/joggers |
employee disincentives (parking pricing, reduced parking spaces)
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arrange employee work hours to match transit schedules |
"guaranteed ride home" program (company car, rental car, cab, designated driver) |
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compressed work weeks |
locate development near transit routes |
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flexible work hours for ridesharers |
park & ride lots |
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transportation coordinator |
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trip reduction monitoring program |
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delivery service |
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TDM Websites:
FREE Massachusetts' Commuter
Services available from
MassRides
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The Victoria Transport Planning Institute is an online resource of TDM information
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