Educate. Encourage. Advocate.

VISION: A downtown that is focused on people rather than cars.

GOAL: Our goal is to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles in downtown Tacoma.

2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT

THE TR ANSPORTATION ADVOC ATE AND RESOURCE FOR ANYONE WHOSE DAILY L IFE IS DOWNTOWN.

WALK TACOMA

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Participants: 2,593Impact: We bring feet to the street throughout the year through organized walks that highlight local leaders, local businesses, and give everyone the feeling that downtown is a walkable place – no matter what commute mode you’re connecting with!

WALK LEADERS Bill BaarsmaCarola FilmerCol. H. Charles Hodges, Jr.Councilmember David BoeDerek YoungJoseph GovednikMelissa McGinnisMichael SullivanRebecca SolversonCouncilmember Robert ThomsCouncilmember Keith BlockerMichael SullivanJennifer KilmerDr. Joshua GarciaJonah JensenDavid FischerBrandon Reynon

WALK COLLABORATORSAmerican Heart AssociationChildren’s Museum of TacomaUnited WayMetro Parks

WALK SPONSORSBCRACHI Franciscan HealthCommencement BankKPGTacoma RainiersPuyallup Watershed InitiativeUS BankSpaceworks TacomaTacoma-Pierce County Health DepartmentMidtown LoftsVeteran & Business ServicePierce TransitRainier Connect

Foss Waterway SeaportThe Old Spaghetti FactoryRed Elm CaféHarmon BreweryOdd Otter Brewing CoThe ForumAnthem Coffee & Tea

COMMITTEE MEMBERSJessica SireJulia FalveyMarv SandbergTeresa ClarkTrixy DornKathryn JankerSarah FeesWilliam ToweyPeter AndersonBecky CrockerChristina CagleNiki HaukapDawn HongMelissa McGinnis

PARK(ING) DAY TASK FORCERebecca SolversonKeri ParkerEmily CampbellJosh JorgensenGabriel BrownDiane WiatrHannah MinerAnna RhoadsHeather Joy

WALK MAP SPONSORSTravel TacomaMultiCare Health System

2014 Public Places New Tacoma Award

2016 WalkableWashington Award

2016 Historic Preservation Award

2016Environmental Business AwardNominee

Awards & Recognition

WALK

Participants: 380

Impact: Bike Tacoma events give new bike riders an opportunity to try biking with a group. Whether it’s celebrating regular commuters or inviting new people to learn how easy, safe, and appealing bikes can be, we are always working to get more people riding more often!

COMMITTEE MEMBERSBrett LarabeeBruce StirlingChad OpatzGarrett LequeHannah MinerRob McNair-HuffCindy SchaarschmidtMike HaeflingerSarah ChampionChris KelseyJames SindingAnneka Olson

BIKE SPONSORSARC Document SolutionsCascade Bicycle ClubGeoEngineersTacoma WheelmanThe HubAAATacoma StrengthPuyallup Watershed Initiative

BIKE TO A BUSINESS(ES)Pacific Brewing and Malting Hop Coffee Climb Tacoma Neighborhood Bistro

Goodwill Coffee Buzz King’s Books Destiny City Comics Happy Belly Dorky’s Arcade Cosmonaut Coffee True North Coffee HousePop Up CoffeeUrban XchangePita PitETCGigi PopHot Rod Dog QNY Barbers Den Lift Bridge Coffee Climb TacomaLift Bridge Coffee Stocklist Goods

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1234 miles biked in DOTG events

13 bikes in the downtown Bike Cages

325 heads now have helmets on them thanks to our DOTG helmet program

BIKE TACOMA

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Participants: 751 event participants

Impact: Try the Bus events are a welcoming environment for people to try transit. Every transit commuter is one less car on the road and one less parking spot needed! We partner with Pierce Transit to support businesses with the ORCA Passport program, which puts a transit pass in every employees hand.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSDenene DeanSharon StockwellTrudy SprinkleTricia DeOmeAlex KoTunisia PriceCharmaine RileySheila MiraflorLeAnne Laux-Bachand

RIDE TACOMA SPONSORSTravel TacomaCH2MParametrixPuyallup Watershed InitiativeOdd OtterDunagan BrewingHarmon BrewingWingman BrewingPierce TransitTacoma-Pierce County Health Department

RIDE THE BUS LEADERSAuditor Julie AndersonCouncilmember Rick TalbertRepresentative Derek Kilmer Pierce Transit CEO Sue Dreier

52 new transit riders on our Try the Bus events

1100 trips into downtown daily

30 downtown businesses provide ORCA transit passes to their employees

RIDE TACOMA

35,000 employees come into and out of downtown every day

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LIVE DOWNTOWN

Participants: 51 businesses

Impact: Shortening the distance between home and work makes it easier for downtown employees to take advantage of transportation options and leads to a more dense and active downtown.

PROGRAM

PROGRAM PARTNERSAlbers MillAl OrwilerAmerican Financial

SolutionsHanna HeightsHomeStreet BankJulie Swenson, American

Pacific MortgageMarguerite Giguere,

Movetotacoma.comMcCarver VillageMidtown LoftsMike TrittinOne St. HelensO’Connor & AssociatesPeople’s FurnitureRPM MortgageTacoma Center YMCATacoma SymphonyThe Grand CinemaThe HenryThe MetropolitanVue 25Zipcar

PROGRAM SPONSORSMonea InvestmentsRPM MortgageThe Neil Walter Company

LIVE DOWNTOWN PARTICIPATING BUSINESSESAtlas IT SolutionsBCRABHC ConsultantsBLRB ArchitectsBroadway Center for the

Performing ArtsBrown & Brown

InsuranceCity of TacomaColumbia BankEarth EconomicsEconomic Development

Board of Tacoma-Pierce County

Enginuity SystemsFarmers InsuranceForterraFoundation for Tacoma

StudentsGeoEngineersHandlebar Cycling StudioLandauLollar GuitarsKPG, Inc.McGranahan ArchitectsMonea InvestmentsMultiCare Health SystemNorthwest Hardwoods

Northwest Leadership Foundation

Northwestern MutualOpti StaffingRobinson Noble, IncSiteCrafting, Inc.Sixth Ave StudiosSOAR SchoolTacoma Art MuseumTacoma-Pierce County

ChamberTacoma Public SchoolsTacoma Regional

Convention and Visitors Bureau

Tacoma Symphony Orchestra

United Way of Pierce County

University of Washington Tacoma

The Grand CinemaThe HarmonTRA Medical ImagingWashington State History

MuseumWorld Trade Center

Tacoma

5 new housing developments coming online in 2017

30,000 more employees have access to our Live Downtown program

35,000 employees come into and out of downtown every day

FRIDAY FORUMS

Participants: 200

Impact: Monthly Friday Forums give the community the opportunity to learn and discuss topics related to local and national transportation issues and ideas. Each winter we host a series of panels, speakers, and a book club all aimed at generating Tacoma- specific conversations connected to our growing and changing downtown.

FORUM SPEAKERS Chris Saleeba and Kim Voros, Alta PlanningPeter Anderson, Tacoma Pierce County Health DepartmentDarrin Nordahl, Author of Making Transit Fun!: How to Entice Motorists from Their Cars (and onto their feet, a bike, or bus)Liz Kaster, PWI: SRTS effortClara Cheves, downtown parentFiona, Seabury StudentBrook Robbings, SOTA StudentMatthew Trecha, Commute SeattleShae Healey, Pronto Cycle ShareKiersten Grove, Seattle Dept. of TransportationJacques Colon, Tacoma Pierce County Health DepartmentRepresentative Jake FeyAmy Scarton, WSDOT

FORUM SPONSORSHNTBAHBLVIAGeoEngineersFehr & PeersParametrixPierce Transit

2016 Forum Topics• 20 Minute Neighborhoods• Making Transit Fun with Darrin Nordahl• Safe Routes to School• Gearing Up for Your First Ride

2015 Forum Topics• Transportation Funding• Equity, Health, and Active Transportation• The Shared Transportation Economy• Book Club: A Vision for Tacoma

PROGRAM

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2016 Forum Topics• 20 Minute Neighborhoods• Making Transit Fun with Darrin Nordahl• Safe Routes to School• Gearing Up for Your First Ride

Participants: 200

Impact: We educate, connect, and advocate around walking, bicycling, and transit issues that will improve the livability and quality of like in Tacoma. Through community events and trainings we empower people to speak up for their neighborhood.

SPEAK UP!

ELECTED OFFICIALS & COMMUNITY LEADERS ENGAGED IN DOTG PROGRAMRyan Mello, Deputy MayorVictoria Woodards, Council MemberConor McCarthy, Council MemberRobert Thoms, Council MemberAnders Ibsen, Council MemberKeith Blocker, Council MemberLauren Walker, Past Council MemberJulie Anderson, Pierce County AuditorRick Talbert, Pierce County CouncilSue Dreier, Pierce Transit CEORep. Derek Kilmer, U.S. Representative

SPEAK UP PARTNERSPuyallup Watershed InitiativeCity Council of Tacoma Pierce TransitDowntown to Defiance Sound TransitVeloFemmes

Speak Up Flowchart is being replicated in communities across Washington

5 Speak Up Trainings

Statewide Speak Up Presentation

Support Local and Regional Transportation Initiatives

PROGRAM

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Pedestrians

Bicycles

Public Transit

Commercial Vehicles/Trucks

Car Sharing

Vanpools/Carpools

SingleOccupancy

Vehilces

OUR DOWNTOWN

High school and higher education students

More than 10,000 students commute to downtown schools every weekday

Visitors, employees, and residents can do their shopping at more than 159 downtown retail businesses

RetailBusinesses

OfficeBusinesses

Residents

There are 2,700 downtown office businesses

35,000 employees come into and out of downtown every day

Employees

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The “Green Transportation Hierarchy” was adopted by Tacoma City Council in 2010, and is included Tacoma’s Transportation Master Plan. The hierarchy

guides our work to make downtown Tacoma safer, connected, and accessible for employees, students, and residents.

35,000 employees come into and out of downtown every day

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WALK 1% 2% 350 walk trips to go!

B IKE 1% 3% 700 cycling trips to go!

TRANSIT 3% 11% 2,800 transit trips to go!

CARPOOL 6% 10% 1,400 carpool trips to go!

VANPOOL 2% 3% 350 vanpool trips to go!

TELEWORK 3% 4% 350 teleworker trips to go!

SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES = 84% Our goal is to reduce that number to 65% by 2020!

Where We Are TODAY OUR 2020 Goal

71% 8% 6% 6% 4% 2%3%

OtherSingle

OccupancyVehicles

Transit Walk Bike Carpool Telework

29%Total Sustainable Commute Trips

SURVEY RESULTS

ABOUT THE SURVEYS: Commute trip data were collected by the Washington State Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) survey, administered at most CTR-affected downtown Tacoma worksites in spring/summer 2016. The CTR survey is mandatory for CTR-affected employers.

Big Business Survey

Small Business Survey

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VOLUNTEERSAndrew StopoulosAnneka OlsonAnn MurphyBea HellisBetsy BakerBrooke RobbingsCarina LiljengrenCarla GramlichCharmaine RileyChris KreisChris StanisCynthia RogersDale SadlerDanielle SpringDarin StavishDavid FrisciaDonna TurnipseedElle WarmuthEmily StrongEmily TollefsonEric LaneGary KreisGene SmithHannah MinerIan SheadelJayce CrippenJennifer FesharakiJesse KeatingJohnny MojicaJosh JorgensenJustin KuhlKristina BellizziKirstin ReynoldsLeda DarlingtonLee HeathLena GibsonLori HillsMarie Snyder

Mason BertMatt NewportMason BertMolly AganNoah StruthersPaige ScannellPatty BranPaul BertPeter BakerRebecca BoydstonRobert ThomsSam HellisShannon HoffmanSheila PortugueSheryl StansellStephen BirdSue HollandTeri StopoulosTerry WilmerTrace McKellipsVasiliy Matsyuk

DONORS*Aaron JacobsAna Grover-BarnesAndrew AustinAngie ThomsonAnthony ChenAri LewkowitzBarbara EricksonBecky CrockerBenjii BittleBrad ShinnCarina LiljengrenCarla ChavezCarol PicaCarolyn TrelevenChelsea LevyChelsea LindquistCheryl Larabee

Chris GreenChris HegerEmily HallErica DoctorEric EngellandE. Richard PattersonEvan SmithGarrett LequeGeorge CargillGeorge ByrdGreg MowatHannah MinerJames SindingJamie CheneyJamie SandbergJane MooreJason GrubeJen McDonaldJennifer ArnoldJim FeltusJJ McCamentJoe AmentJoe BeckerJoe BradyJoel JonesJohn JarmanJohn ThurlowJonah JensenJordan RashJosh JorgensenJoshua ScottJulia WaltonJulie SwensonJustin KuhlJustin LeightonJustin WheelerKathryn JankerKathy CaseyKathy Walton

Kevin B DullKristi LynettKristina WalkerLauren WalkerLayne AlfonsoLeda DarlingtonLeon AldrichLiz KasterLuke HealthManmohan DhillonMaria HunterMark HolcombMarv SandbergMary HolsteMatt NewportMichael TransueMike PiechowskiMilt TremblayNicholas CarrNick FallePat BabbitPat BeardPenny GrellierPhillip EpprightRebecca JaphetRicardo NogueraRob McNair-HuffSarah ChampionScott RamseyShefali RanganathanSherry GrahamSophie EngleSteve YesterSu DowieSue DreierTammi BogganTodd MerkensTyler ShillitoVivienne Kamphaus

Wesley BaileyWilliam Towey

IN-KIND DONORSAnthem Coffee & TeaArt House CafeBroadway Center for the Performing ArtsBrooks DentalCarrie DavisClick! Cable TVCorina BakeryDeschutesDoyle’sElemental PizzaEric GimmestadFoss Waterway SeaportGrand CinemaHandlebar Cycling StudioHarmon Brewery & EateryHello, CupcakeHotel MuranoIce Cream SocialLeMay MuseumMad Hat Tea Co. MultiCare Health SystemMuseum of GlassOdd OtterOld Spaghetti FactoryOld Town BicycleOMH CreativePacific GrillParkway TavernPierce TransitShakabrahShake, Shake, ShakeSound TransitSouth Sound RunningSpaceworksTacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Children’s MuseumTacoma-Pierce County ChamberTacoma RainiersThe ForumThe HubTinkertopiaUW TacomaVinceroWashington State History MuseumZipcar

PAST BOARD MEMBERSBrian LeeChris GreenDan VoelpelDiane WiatrPat Forza Steve Kallberg

FORMER STAFF MEMBERS AND INTERNSTeri StopoulosMatt NewportBrittani FlowersBrooke RobbingsLaura WisdomAnna RhodesClara BrownDenise Cline

THANK YOU! DOWNTOWN ON THE GO WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT OUR MANY SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS.

*As of Dec. 1, 2016.

2017 EVENTS

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Friday Forums2017 Transportation ForecastEquity & TransportationBook Club: Tactical UrbanismHealth & Transportation Walk EventsWalk Tacoma Kick OffBrewery WalkHistoric Hotels & BusinessesWaterfront Walk & Walk Tacoma DayArt and Culture WalkScavenger HuntPark(ing) Day

Bike EventsIntro to Urban CyclingBike to Work DayBike Ride with City CouncilLight Up Your Ride

Ride EventsRide the Bus w/ Dr. Anthony ChenScavenger HuntLink & DrinkRide the Bus w/ Superintendent Carla Santorno Speak Up EventsSpeak Up Training Speak Up Training

Jan. 27:Feb. 24:

March 31:April 28:

Apr. 5: May 3: Jun. 7:

Jun. 21: Jul. 12: Aug. 2:

Sept. 15:

Apr. 20:May 19:

Sept. 21: Nov. 2:

Mar. 7: Aug 2:

Oct. 19:Nov. 14:

Feb. 7:Aug. 8:

Bike to a Business supports our local businesses and gives people on bikes a(nother) reason to shop local! Visit DowntownOnTheGo.org to find out which business is featured each month!

Partnership EventsWe support many downtown events with transportation plans, bike parking and incentives for walking, biking, and transit to free up vehicle parking for customers. Call our office to find out how you can benefit from transportation options services!

2015-2016 PartnersBCPASpaceworks

LIVE DOWNTOWN

TACOMA!www.livedowntowntacoma.com

PROVIDES a free benefitto downtown employeesREDUCES transportationcosts for businesses andemployees

CREATES a vibrantdowntown communityContact us to see how

Live Downtown can workfor you and your downtownbusiness: 253-682-1739

Go. See. Work. Live.

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OUR PARTNERS

Phillip Eppright*Chelsea LevyChris KelseyDavid Schroedel*James SindingJim FeltusJonah Jensen*Jordan Rash*Judi HymanKathy Walton*Leon AldrichMike Hutchinson*Sarah Champion

*Executive Committee Member

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS

CURRENT STAFF Kristina Walker, Executive DirectorMeagan Kula, Events ManagerBeka Burton, Business Outreach CoordinatorHally Bert, CoordinatorJerrol Anonuevo, Assistant Coordinator

OUR TEAM

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