Portland Community CollegePortland Community College

March 2012

PCC Cabinet Presentation

Transportation Demand Management Plan Update

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OverviewOverview

Background Understanding

Project Purpose & Process

Outreach Efforts

Final Recommendations

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Background UnderstandingBackground Understanding

Current TDM Plan has been effective & successful for past 20 years

Enrollment surge has created significant challenges

Sustainability Initiative is a motivator

Regulatory requirements must be met

Additional resources are needed

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Project PurposeProject Purpose

Provide recommended modifications to current TDM Plan in four areas:

– meet current spike in parking demand, but avoid over-building;

– continue providing services that are accessible and affordable;

– meet PCC’s carbon reduction targets; and,

– reduce the amount of spill-over parking in surrounding neighborhoods.

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Five-step ProcessFive-step Process

Discovery / Inquiry / Input

Assessment of Behaviors & Impacts

Ideas / Options / Alternatives

Evaluation & Selection

Plan & Implementation Strategies

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Steering Committee MembersSteering Committee MembersDistrict Representatives– Wing-Kit Chung– Yohannes Alemu– Alex deRoode– Jerry Donnelly– Linda Eden– Ken Nelson– Russell Banks

Bond Program Representatives– Grant Bennett– Linda Degman– Gina Whitehill-Baziuk

Cascade Representatives– Jerry Brask– Julie Davenport– Gary Eaton

Rock Creek Representatives– Erin Stanforth– Jeff Wilson– Liliana Olalde

Southeast Representatives– Tanya Batazhan– Esther Loanzon

Sylvania Representatives– Kristin Bryant– Peter Seaman– Jennifer Keller

Agency Representatives– Dan Bower, Portland– Alan Lehto, Tri-Met

Staff Support– John Garner– Rebecca Ocken

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District-wide Transportation SurveyDistrict-wide Transportation Survey

4,800 responses, statistically valid

Current choices & behaviors

Willingness or ability to change

Target strategies to user needs

DHM Research | PCC May 2011

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How do you travel to PCC most of the time?

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Open HousesOpen Houses

A Series of two at four campuses

Significant input & feedbackComment

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drive alone park & shuttle rideshare drop off transitshuttlebikewalk distance learning

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Samples of PCC Community InputSamples of PCC Community Input

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Significant Input & FeedbackSignificant Input & Feedback

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Key RecommendationsKey Recommendations

Seven Guiding Themes with 20 Guiding Principles (See handout)

Equipped and empowered organization

Standing Committee to advise

Strengthened & expanded partnerships

Annual monitoring & reporting

Menu of tiered TDM strategies (see next page)

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Short to Intermediate Term:

Increase transit pass subsidies for students and employees

Increase PCC shuttle services and connections to Tri-Met

Expand off-campus parking supplies & shuttle connections

Expand promotions and incentives;

– trip planning assistance, ride matching, on-line support

– pricing considerations for parking permits &

– other fee increases and other subsidies

Provide staffing to collect data, monitor, and report progress

Establish TDM Standing Committee to help accountability

Provide additional covered bike racks for safety

Example TDM StrategiesExample TDM Strategies

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Longer Term

Consider Variable pricing for parking

– Higher cost during busy hours

– Higher cost for locations nearest campus core

– Consider “pay as you go” versus traditional parking permit

Modify class scheduling to reduce peak demands

Develop new and augment existing partnerships:

– Neighborhoods

– TriMet

– City of Portland

– Washington County

– Other educational institutions and major employers

Example TDM StrategiesExample TDM Strategies

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Path ForwardPath Forward

Obtain Cabinet feedback

Present to BPAC in April and other groups in the Spring

Develop communication strategy with stakeholders

Use this “district blue print” to start working on campus specific plan– CA to go first due to time constraint for the Education building

Organizationally, provide additional resources for implementation– District TDM coordinator as a start

Test new strategies as pilots, monitor, and adjust