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Virginia Transit Association

1108 East Main Street, Suite 1108

Richmond, VA 23219

804.643.1166

www.vatransit.com

General Session II: Multimodal

Connectivity Panel Discussion

VTA Annual Conference

May 23, 2018

Next Generation

Commuter Lot Evolution

George Washington Region Area Commuting

Overview

GWRC Population (2016): 356,000

Expected to double by 2045

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George Washington Region Area

Commuting Overview

Large Out commuter population

About 1 out of 6 Fredericksburg Area residents work outside of the region

Over 61,000 commuters per weekday (2016 Commuter Skills Study)

Over 48,000 per weekday along I-95 corridor to NoVA/DC

High Demand for Park and Ride Lot spaces

VDOT Lots - 6,770 existing spaces

VRE Lots – 3,596

2045 LRTP calls for 9,000 additional spaces

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Commuter Parking for all Modes

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Historical Process for PNR Lot Project

Development in GWRC

PNR lot locations were generally chosen by the State Some locations were problematic

Lots built on State owned land that could not be expanded or the location was not desirable

PDC, TDM Agency, and MPO not very involved in PNR lot decision making Decisions were made for commuters without consulting agencies

that worked with them

Suboptimal PNR lot design and amenities in some cases Poor accessibility and visibility

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Example of Suboptimal PNR Lot

Exit 104 Caroline County

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Exit 104 Carmel Church Lot 40 Spaces

Poor visibility and accessibility

Too small to accommodate transit

No amenities

Example of Suboptimal PNR Lot: Exit 104 in

Caroline County

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New Process for PNR Lot Decision Making

Smart Scale process empowers MPO to be the lead on PNR lot applications

Greater collaboration and involvement with regional stakeholders in PNR lot project development and decision making TDM Agency Transit Agencies Localities

Opportunities to optimize PNR lot design and amenities

Visibility from major roads Transit amenities Bike/Ped amenities Electric charging stations Slugging islands

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Smart Scale Opportunities for Commuter

Lots

As a stand alone project

As a multi-modal project

Can be combined with an eligible highway or transit project within close proximity

Commuter lot improvements / enhancements can increase project scoring

As an improvement or enhancement to existing lot

Adding amenities

Improving multi-modal connections

Bike / Ped facilities

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Example of a New Lot: Commonwealth

Drive/Rte. 1 in Massaponax

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About 700 spaces

Estimated Cost - $16.6 mil Good location with visibility

Transit and Bike/Ped amenities

Slugging amenities

Electric charging stations

VDOT Conceptual Design

Commuter Lot Amenities Today

• Bus Shelters

• Bike Lockers / Covered Bike Racks

• Slug Line Island with shelter

• Electric Charging Stations

• Bike / Ped Paths and trails

• Sidewalks

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Commuter Lots – Meeting future needs

Multi - Use lot with more amenities

Rest rooms, commercial kiosks

(dry cleaning stands, coffee stands, farmer’s market stalls, other)

ITS Demand Management Integrated Parking and TDM

Mobile App

Security cameras and monitoring capabilities

Shuttle / Feeder Bus

Connectivity between VDOT and VRE lots

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Opportunities

MPOs, PDCs, Localities, and Transit agencies are eligible to submit PNR lot applications in Smart Scale

Greater collaboration and involvement improves PNR lot project development and decision making

More effective PNR lots

Effective commuter lot allows for greater

connectivity and flexibility of use for

commuters

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The Bikeshare and Transit

Connection

What do we do?

Carpool matching

Vanpool start

Bicycle commuting

Transit support

Telework

Neighborhood Events

Employer Outreach

Bikeshare!

PUT YOUR COMMUTE TO WORK


What We’ll Talk About

• What we’re doing with bikeshare in Roanoke

• Why bikeshare?

• What’s happening in the bikeshare industry right now?

• What are the implications for transit?


Background

• Launched May 2017

• 10 stations/50 bikes

• Focused on downtown

Roanoke and nearby

neighborhoods

• Funded almost entirely by

sponsors


Now

• 17 stations

• 2,300 members

• 6,500 trips


What’s Happening with Bikeshare?


What’s Happening with Bikeshare?

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Thank you!

Jeremy Holmes

RIDE Solutions

[email protected]

Employer Provided Commuter Benefits Presented by Commuter Benefit Solutions

Summary Commuter Benefits Overview . . . . . . . 3 2018

Tax Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Transit Benefit

Ordinances . . . . . . . . . 8 Commuter Products . . . . .

. . . . . . 10 Who We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Edenred Commuter Benefit Solutions

Commuter Benefits Overview

Commuter Benefits Overview


*Not pre-tax; Subsidy; Cap given as an employer sponsored subsidy (fringe benefit)

Pre-tax benefits provided by employers:

• Governed by Internal Revenue Code Section 132(f)

• Similar to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs),

but better:

- LESS regulation and paperwork

- Every month is open enrollment

- No “Use it or lose it” clause

Qualified commuting costs:

• Qualified commuting costs include:

• Transit/Vanpool - $260/month cap pre-tax

• Parking - $260/month cap pre-tax

• Bicycle - $20/month*

*Estimated employee savings are for informational purposes only and are based upon monthly pre-tax deductions of $260 for a transit benefit and $260 for a parking

benefit . Individual savings may vary based upon income, individual tax rates, state of residence and other factors . Please consult your tax advisor .

Transit per month (max $260)

Parking per month (max $260)

Both per month ($520)

Federal Income Tax Savings $780 $780 $1,560

FICA Savings $238 $238 $476

State/City Income Tax Savings $187 $187 $374

Total Annual Employee Savings $1,205 $1,205 $2,410

Commuter Benefits Overview How much employees can save, based on an annual salary of $50,000.


2018 Tax Reform

2018 Tax Reform


How do these changes effect commuter benefits?

Impact on Employees: • Tax benefits for parking & transit remain available

to individuals – nothing has changed for individuals

who receive parking or transit benefits

• Bicycle benefit has been suspended (until 2026)

Impact on Employers: • Employers are NO longer allowed to deduct from

their corporate taxes, expenses tied to providing

transportation fringe benefits or commuting costs

for individuals

• Employers MAY deduct expenses tied to providing

a bicycle benefit however, the bike benefit is

taxable income for the employee and the

employer would need to pay payroll taxes on the

benefit provided

Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

• Non-profits and universities

Transit Benefit Ordinances

Transit Benefit Ordinances


Transit benefit ordinances require businesses with

a certain number of employees to offer pre-tax

commuter benefits programs, making public

transportation a more affordable option for

commuting to work .

Current transit benefit ordinances in place:

• New York City, NY

• Washington, DC

• San Francisco, CA

• Berkeley, CA

• Richmond, CA

Commuter Products

Commuter Products

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Public transportation and vanpool products:

Commuter Check Vouchers

The most flexible way to pay for transit expenses . Commuter Checks can be used to purchase transit passes,

tickets, cards, or other fare media for the transit authority of your choice . They can also be used to pay for

vanpool expenses . Commuter Checks come in flexible denominations to meet your transit needs and are valid

for 15 months – a great option for frequent or infrequent riders .


The Commuter Check Card Prepaid Mastercard®

A re-loadable commuter benefit card that is accepted at transit agencies or designated transit retail centers

where only transit and vanpool passes, tickets, and fare cards are sold* . The Commuter Check Card can be also

used at fare vending machines, which saves you time waiting in line and locating a customer service desk or

staffed sales area .

Fare media

Various transit passes, and tickets are offered by participating transit authorities across the nation . They are sent

directly to your home, so no more waiting in line to purchase your transit passes .

Smart Cards

Various smart cards are offered by participating transit authorities across the nation . These cards are

electronically loaded with pre-tax funds every month for your convenience .

Commuter Products

Parking, biking and rideshare products:

Monthly Direct Pay

This convenient solution allows us to send payment directly to your parking provider each month, so you don’t

have to worry about writing checks and mailing payments .

Commuter Check for Parking Vouchers

These vouchers are made payable to the parking provider of your choice and can be used to pay for parking

expenses . Commuter Check for parking vouchers may be used to purchase one or more types of parking, and

you can order as many vouchers as needed for multiple parking providers . They come in flexible denominations

and are valid for 15 months .

The Commuter Check Card Prepaid Mastercard®

This pre-paid card solution offers the functionality and convenience of a reloadable, personalized, debit card for

use at parking facilities nationwide . No receipts are necessary with this solution, just swipe and go .

Parking Cash Reimbursement

This is the best option for employees that park on an occasional basis, use multiple parking lots or use a parking

provider that does not accept checks or third party payments . Employees send in their receipts and then receive

their checks through the mail or direct deposit .

Commuter Check for Bicycling Vouchers

This voucher solution allows you to take advantage of the $20 per month bicycle subsidy . Commuter Check for

bicycling vouchers can be ordered in any denomination between $10 and $20 and are accepted at

participating bicycle shops and bicycle storage facilities nationwide . Use them as payment towards bicycles,

bicycle equipment, repairs, and/or storage fees associated with your commute to work .

Rideshare Options

Pre-tax commuter benefits can be used for rides with uberPOOL and Lyft Line .

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Who We Are

Who We Are


Edenred Group:

Edenred Group is the worldwide leader in prepaid

corporate solutions and has been providing employee

benefits for more than 50 years . Edenred designs and

delivers solutions that make employees’ lives easier

and improve the efficiency of organizations .

• Operates in 42 countries with more than 8,000

employees

• Serves nearly 750,000 companies and public

sector clients

• Partners with 1 .4 million affiliated merchants

• In 2015, Edenred generated $20 .3 billion in

issue volume*

*The issue volume is the total amount of funds allocated to the beneficiaries on behalf

of clients, companies and public sector clients .

Who We Are

*Not Pre-tax; Subsidy


Commuter Benefit Solutions:

Edenred Commuter Benefit Solutions (ECBS) is the

nation’s only comprehensive commuter benefit

solutions provider and number one resource for

commuter savings . Since 1985, ECBS has served

Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies and top

third party benefit administrators .

Our B2B commuter services:

• Partners with over 50 national third party

administrators (TPAs), 350+ Transit Agencies,

5,000+ parking locations and 650+ bicycle shops

nationwide

• Transit, Parking, Vanpooling, Ridesharing, Bicycling*

• All fare media and fare collection systems

• Small and large employers

• Corporate commuter benefits program

administrator on behalf of transit agencies

(managed program), including:

- RTA Chicago

- DVRPC Philadelphia

- MBTA Boston

Randy Johnson

Senior Vice President

(857) 228-1497

randy .johnson@commuterbenefits .com

Contact

Transit and TDM I-66 Commuter Choice Program Presentation to the 2018 VTA Conference May 23, 2018

www.NoVaTransit.org 703-524-3322

Patricia Happ NVTC I-66 Commuter Choice Program Manager [email protected]

Presentation Overview

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I-66 Commuter Choice Program Overview

Transit and TDM Projects

Fairfax Connector Government Center - Downtown D.C. (Route 699)

Loudoun County Stone Ridge Enhanced Transit

Arlington County Expanded Transportation Demand Management Outreach to the I-66 Corridor

Arlington County Multimodal Real-Time Transportation Information Displays

About NVTC: The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission

• Designates Virginia’s WMATA Board members

• Co-owns VRE, Virginia’s only commuter rail system

• Administers the I-66 Commuter Choice program (I-95/395 in FY 2020)

• Administers regional gas tax for WMATA and VRE

• Manages state and regional funding for six bus systems, Metrorail and VRE

• Provides transit research and technical expertise

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NVTC Jurisdictions’ Transit Systems

NVTC Member Jurisdictions

NVTC was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of the Commonwealth during the establishment of Metrorail. Today, NVTC serves as the voice of transit in Northern Virginia.

I-66 Commuter Choice Program

Overview

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The I-66 Commuter Choice program uses toll revenues from I-66 inside the Beltway to fund multimodal transportation projects that improve travel in the corridor.

Eligible Program Applicants

LOUDOUN COUNTY

FAIRFAX COUNTY

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

CITY OF

FALLS CHURCH

ARLINGTON COUNTY

CITY OF

FAIRFAX

CITY OF

ALEXANDRIA

CITY OF

MANASSAS

PARK

CITY OF

MANASSAS

TOWN OF

DUMFRIES

TOWN OF

VIENNA TOWN OF

HERNDON

TOWN OF

LEESBURG

Virginia Planning District 8 jurisdictions

Agencies providing public transportation within those jurisdictions (VRE, WMATA, PRTC)

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Program Goals

The principal objective of the I-66 Commuter Choice program is to select projects that meet the

Transform 66 Multimodal Project Improvement Goals

identified in the MOA

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Fairfax Connector Government Center - Downtown D.C. (Route 699) Fairfax County $3,336,836

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• Project includes the creation of a new weekday, peak-period, express bus route between the Fairfax County Government Center park and ride lot and downtown Washington, DC.

• Funding supports: o purchase of four new

buses o two years of operational

assistance to support 10 inbound and 10 outbound trips each weekday

• 80.1 percent ridership increase since route inception

• Average weekday ridership 223

• Over 20 weeks — December 2017 to April 2018 — total ridership was 22,446

Reporting as of May 2018

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Fairfax Connector Government Center - Downtown D.C. (Route 699) Fairfax County $3,336,836

• Construction of a 300-space Stone Ridge II park and ride lot in Aldie

• New Loudoun County Transit commuter bus service from the park and ride lot to the McPherson Square Metrorail station

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Stone Ridge Enhanced Transit Loudoun County $1,940,939

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• Park and ride lot opened in July 2017

• By December it had reached overflow capacity, with cars being left in areas not designated for parking

• Bus ridership has increased by approximately 100 passenger trips per day

Reporting as of January 2018

Stone Ridge Enhanced Transit Loudoun County $1,940,939

• The project informs commuters of travel options along the I-66 corridor with the specific goal being to shift modes from single occupancy to transit, HOV2+ (via carpooling or vanpooling), or biking

• Arlington County Commuter Services created an outreach and marketing strategy to disseminate information and measure performance

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Expanded TDM Outreach to the I-66 Corridor Arlington County $ 350,000

• Created cross-jurisdictional relationships and provided regular content and marketing pieces to help clients understand changes occurring along I-66

• Reached over 50,000 households through direct mail providing tolling updates

• Commute66.com pageviews/conversion rate: 9,874 pageviews/0.56% conversion

• 10 blogs written, with a total of 1,882 pageviews resulting in a 4 percent conversion

Reporting as of May 2018

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Expanded Transportation Demand Management Outreach to the I-66 Corridor Arlington County $ 350,000

• Multimodal, real-time transportation screens provide dynamic information

• Real-time information on transit arrivals, availability of Capital Bikeshare and Zipcar, and I-66 travel times and toll rates

• Complements Arlington County’s successful TDM program

• Funding covers the purchase of 50 screens and one year of personnel costs

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Multimodal Real-Time Transportation Information Displays Arlington County $ 250,000

Multimodal Real-Time Transportation Information Displays Arlington County $ 250,000

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•The first transit screen is operational at Arlington’s Central Library

•A transit screen, now being installed at the Ballston Commuter Store, will be visible to those using the bus plaza and Metrorail station

•Memoranda of agreement are underway for transit display installations in other buildings

•Work is underway with Business Improvement Districts to share project information with their members

Reporting as of January 2018

Next Steps

Ongoing NVTC grant administration and performance monitoring

Annual report to CTB on project performance

FY2018 Program of Projects Approved by NVTC; CTB Action in June

Future Call for Projects – Fall/Winter 2018

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Virginia Transit Association

1108 East Main Street, Suite 1108

Richmond, VA 23219

804.643.1166

www.vatransit.com



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