Reducing Transportation-

Related EmissionsChris Hagelin Senior Transportation Planner

GO Boulder/city of Boulder www.goboulder.net

Boulder’s Transportation Goals

> Transportation Master Plan• Zero growth in daily

vehicle miles of travel (VMT) from 1994 levels

2.4mVMT/day

• Reduce single-occupant vehicle (SOV) travel to 25 percent of all trips

> Climate Action Plan• Reduce transportation

emissions by 116K mtCO2

from 2006 levels• Equates to VMT reduction

of 680,000 miles/day, or from 2.61mVMT/day (2006 levels) to 1.93m VMT/day

BREATHING REQUIRED DRIVING OPTIONAL

Transportation Investments> Transportation• Budget: ~$20m/year for dedicated sales tax

(0.6%)• Branded high frequency transit routes• 300+ miles of on-road and multi-use path

bicycle facilities• 74 underpasses

GO Boulder> Program Manager> Bicycle/Pedestrian Planner> Transit Planner> TDM Planner> Land-use/transportation

Planner> Marketing and Outreach

Planner> City Employee

Transportation Coordinator

Other GO Boulder efforts

> Development Review Process• TDM Plans

> Commute Trip Reduction Plans

> Flexible Rebate Program• Tax rebates for sustainable businesses

> ETC Network• Over 400 employers represented

Impact on VMT

Between 2007 and 2008, VMT decreased by 3% as gas prices surged.

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Between 2007 and 2008, local transit ridership in Boulder

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All Trips- Boulder residents

> Since 1990, SOV mode share has decreased by 6%

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RTD’s Eco Pass Program

> The Eco Pass is an all access transit pass program run by RTD. • Business, Residential and District programs• Based on insurance model

> GO Boulder’s Eco Pass Support Program• Subsidize businesses for first two years• Subsidize 34 neighborhoods• Marketing and Outreach

Eco Pass Enrollment 2009

Total passes available to Boulder residents, employees and CU students: approximately 68,265

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29,000 42%

Business 21,096 31%

CAGID 6,800 10%

NECO 11,369 17%

Public Funding Sources for Eco Pass Programs

> GO Boulder• 2009 Subsidies: $240,000• Marketing: $20,000-$25,000

> CMAQ—federal grants that fund pilots and special projects• 2009 Eco Pass Improvement

Campaign (EPIC): $115,000

Private Investment2009 RTD Contracts=$6,207,092

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> Boulder residents with an Eco Pass drive about 2,600 miles less per year than residents without and Eco Pass.

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> Boulder employees with an Eco Pass drive about 2,300 miles less per year than employees without an Eco Pass.

Eco Passes and Work Trips> Drive alone mode share with Eco Pass= 40.1%> Drive alone mode share without Eco Pass= 74.6%> Eco Pass holding employees are over 10 times

more likely to use transit to get work in Boulder.

Impact on Emissions

> Residents with Eco Pass• ~40% less emissions

than residents without an Eco Pass

> Employees working in Boulder with Eco Pass• ~55% less emissions

than employees without Eco Pass

Downtown Boulder Eco Pass Program

> Central Area General Improvement District (CAGID)• Established in 1970 in Downtown Boulder• Properties are taxed to provide shared structured

parking and parking management services• Manage paid on-street parking

Paid Parking in CAGID

$755K in revenues from paid parking are used to buy Eco Passes for downtown employees in 2009

TDM and Parking Management in Downtown Boulder

> Managing almost 4000 parking spaces

> Providing Eco Passes• Approximately $111

per employee in 2009

> Support Eco Pass Xtra Program• Merchant discounts

> Paid on-street parking> Shared structured

parking> Over 1,300 bicycle

parking spaces provided

2008 Downtown Employee Mode Split

Downtown Employee Travel Behavior

> Downtown employees with Eco Passes: • Over three times

more likely to ride transit

• Twice as likely to bicycle

• Three times more likely to walk

> Downtown employees with Eco Passes emit about 1mtCO2 less per year than commuters without an Eco Pass

Applying Lessons Learned

> Transit Village Area• TDM and Parking

Management Access District• Trip Generation Allowance• Resident and Employee

Eco Passes• Parking maximums• Shared parking• Unbundled parking• Increased density

Thanks for listening

For more information, contact Chris Hagelin at hagelinc@bouldercolorado.gov or 303-

441-1832