tdm migration fund: revenue sources for sustainable transportation projects presentation to act...
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TDM Migration Fund: Revenue Sources for Sustainable Transportation Projects
Presentation to ACT Cananda TDM Summit
November 18, 2009
Roxane MacInnis
TDM Planner
Halifax Regional Municipality
Presentation Outline
• Overview of policies and commuting activity in HRM
• Discussion of TDM Migration Fund
• Preliminary Survey Results
• Timelines
Context HRM’s Regional Plan
• Compact, mixed-use communities• A transit focussed solution to transportation
needs• Transit linked hubs and a defined transit
system• Alternatives to the single occupant vehicle
trip • Development of TDM programs• Define bikeways & active transportation
corridors• Promotion of alternative modes of
transportation• A system of inter-connected open space
corridors
Program Intentions
• Develop initiatives to encourage the use of sustainable modes of transportation
• Provide pricing signals to users
Issues
• Addressing need to reduce number of single occupant vehicle trips in HRM
• Reduce environmental impacts of road building and congestion
• Reduce reluctance to use sustainable modes
TDM Migration Fund - Overview
• Revenue from less sustainable modes• Investment in more sustainable modes
MIGRATION FUND
ParkingTourism Bus Bays Development
Cash-In-Lieu
Downtown TransitShuttle Active Transportation
Parking Infrastructure
TDM Migration Fund - Overview
• Revenue from on-street parking meters• Revenue from neighborhood parking policy
Number of Parking Meters
Parking Meter Rate
Existing Revenue
New Revenue
TDM Migration Fund - Overview
• Investment in Transit Service
• Investment in Active Transportation Infrastructure
TDM Migration Fund - Participation
• Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission
• Conserve Nova Scotia
TDM Migration Fund - Activities
• Primary Activity – Design and create a fund that will provide revenue for sustainable transportation projects
TDM Migration Fund - Delivery
• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Surveys
• Change in attitude
• Acceptance and understanding of fund
TDM Migration Fund - Measurement
• Level of acceptance
• Comments, questions and suggestions for program will be important to the implementation in the future
TDM Migration Fund Survey
• Objectives:– Gauge public acceptability of funding
sustainable transportation projects – 6 pair options used– Methods for paying for sustainable
infrastructure
Survey Results
• Individual responses to questions provide little insight
• Need to cross-tabulate results
• Some interesting findings coming out
• Next few slides will show some finding
Survey Results
• No change in parking meter rates • Support increase in parking meter rates• 9 respondents indicated they support both• out of the 225 who responded they support
increasing parking meter rates to support bus services improvements
• Contradict themselves• What is the impact of such responses on
findings?
Survey Results
• Most Popular Transportation Measures to Support Long Term Growth– Expand Transit Service – More Bike Routes and Paths– Programs to help employees use
sustainable travel modes
Survey Results
• Most common options to pay for bus routes and increased frequency of service:– Charge developers fees when they
construct new parking spaces at business and retail locations - 27%
– Increase rates at parking meters - 23%
Survey Results
• Travel Modes - Several Times per Week:
• Non-winter:
• Winter:
