Description
This measure requires contracted service providers who perform work in residential neighborhoods (landscapers, maintenance crews, construction workers) to coordinate their travel by grouping service calls geographically and sharing trips among workers. Rather than workers driving separately to dispersed locations, trip requirements would introduce shared travel obligations to induce carpooling.
Implementation Details
- Incorporate trip coordination and vehicle trip reduction into permitted activities as part of the permitting process.
- Provide contractors with route sharing tools or resources to support efficient trip planning.
- Partner with community-based organizations to conduct multi-lingual education campaigns.
Mitigation Potential
Implementing trip requirements to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles reduces VMT by increasing usage of carpooling or other non-SOV modes of transportation. There are not clear methods for quantifying the reduction due to this strategy, however commute trip reduction strategies may be considered as a proxy quantification method.
Linked Strategies
Equity Considerations
Trip requirements must not shift cost or route planning burdens onto service workers, such as requiring longer unpaid travel, earlier start times, or personal vehicle use for crew assembly. Contracts should ensure that trip coordination obligations fall on the employer/contractor, not individual laborers, and that shared travel arrangements do not reduce worker pay or flexibility. Ensure multilingual communication of any new requirements is provided.
Funding Sources
Low cost to implement, as the measure involves contractual and logistical coordination rather than capital investment. Funding sources to run the program can be absorbed in contracts, employer operational budgets, or CMAQ grants.
Implemented in TAM Area
TDM Benefit Locations
Cities or towns with large suburban neighborhoods will find this measure to be the most effective. This may include the neighborhoods in Mill Valley and San Rafael.