Collaborations for Community-Wide Ridesharing Options Marian Brown Special Assistant to the Provost David Lieb Associate Director, Transportation Programs.

Collaborations for Collaborations for Community-Wide Ridesharing OptionsCommunity-Wide Ridesharing Options

Marian BrownSpecial Assistant to the Provost

David LiebAssociate Director, Transportation Programs

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2,000 square miles2,000 square miles

36,420 households *36,420 households *

Population: 100,583 Population: 100,583 ****

4.2% increase 4.2% increase from 2000from 2000

Students: ~27,000 Students: ~27,000

47.5% with Bachelors47.5% with Bachelors degree or higher * degree or higher *

10.5% Foreign-born *10.5% Foreign-born *

* 2000 Census data* 2000 Census data** 2010 Census data** 2010 Census data

Ithaca-Tompkins CountyIthaca-Tompkins CountyTransportation CouncilTransportation Council

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Tompkins County, charged with facilitating county-wide transportation planning. ITCTC:• works jointly and cooperatively with all transportation related agencies in Tompkins County, to promote comprehensive inter-modal transportation planning.• provides transportation-related information and analyses.

Total: 56,910Total: 56,91013,591 commuters into Tompkins County13,591 commuters into Tompkins County

Total: 47,934Total: 47,9344,075 commuters out of the county4,075 commuters out of the county

City of IthacaCity of Ithaca

Cornell UniversityCornell University 13,846 undergraduates13,846 undergraduates 6,427 graduates6,427 graduates 1,639 faculty1,639 faculty 8,921 staff 8,921 staff

30,833 total community30,833 total community

Cornell UniversityCornell University

10,000 parking spaces 6,800 resident students 689 resident parking permits13,400 commuting students 802 commuter parking permits

Cornell Transportation Demand Cornell Transportation Demand Management ProgramManagement Program

Cornell Transportation Demand Cornell Transportation Demand Management ProgramManagement Program

Support for alternative transportation:

Faculty/Staff programs

• Paid faculty/staff parking $300 - $700/year; no-fee option on periphery of campus

• OmniRide: 100% underwrite of faculty/staff in-county transit use; subsidized out-of-county transit

• RideShare: discount, no-fee, or rebate for parking permits

• VanPool: No-fee, reserved parking; university subsidized

• Guaranteed Ride Home

• One-day parking permits

• Carshare memberships

Cornell Transportation Demand Cornell Transportation Demand Management ProgramManagement Program

Support for alternative transportation:

Student programs

• Paid parking $700/year; all class years, resident, and commuter

• OmniRide: Free first year, “free nights and weekends” all students; heavily subsidized pass for full privileges for continuing students

• VanPool: No-fee, reserved parking; university subsidized (graduate students only)

• Guaranteed Ride Home

• Carshare memberships for any student

Tompkins Tompkins ConsolidatedConsolidated Area Transit Area Transit

Formed in Formed in 1996

Initially jointly funded by: Initially jointly funded by: Tompkins CountyTompkins County City of Ithaca City of Ithaca Cornell UniversityCornell University

34 routesroutes

3.58 million rides/year rides/yearAPTA’s 2011 Outstanding Public Transportation System in North America

(under 4M miles)

Ithaca CollegeIthaca College6,442 undergraduates 507 graduates 724 faculty 973 staff

8,646 campus community

4,272 resident studentsSource: http://www.ithaca.edu/ir/docs/factsinbrief/fib1011.pdf

Green - First-year student permits 200 Red - Returning student permits 2,836 Blue - Faculty/staff permits 1,135Restricted (disabled, service) 75 Total parking spaces 4,246

174 First year students2,723 Returning students1,580 Staff/faculty

4,477 Total registrations

Support for alternative transportation:

• 100% underwrite of faculty/staff transit use free faculty/staff parking

• 30-33% underwrite of student pass purchase

• Student parking permit fees: ($500 for first years; $120 for continuing students)

• Integration of ID cards as bus passes

• Bike racks

• Support for vanpool and carshare

Intentional community

160 residents

60 residential units

2 Neighborhoods

2 Common Houses

Focus on sustainable living

Informal carsharing program

Curb Your Car CoalitionCurb Your Car CoalitionSupport for cycling, pedestrian access, transit

New York Energy Research New York Energy Research and Development Authorityand Development Authority

• public benefit corporation

• programs primarily funded by state rate payers through the System Benefits Charge

• funds development and use of innovative technologies to improve the State’s energy, economic, and environmental wellbeing

• flow-through of funds for ARRA, DOE, and DOT programs

Energy efficiency projects

Alternative transportation

Ithaca CarshareIthaca Carshare

Mini-grant: carshare

feasibility study

Mini-grant: carshare

feasibility study

Carshare summit

Carshare summit

Carshare steering

committee

Carshare steering

committee

Application to NYSERDA/NYSDOT

for pilot project

Application to NYSERDA/NYSDOT

for pilot project

Ithaca Carshare Board of Directors

Ithaca Carshare Board of Directors

Fleet photo

VanpoolVanpool

2,874 full-time students 825 part-time students 431 faculty/staff

3,130 total campus

800 resident students

584 Cortland County1,169 Tompkins County1,354 Other NY counties 50 Out of state

Cornell Cooperative Extension Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins Countyof Tompkins County

Way2Go helps people consider the many different ways to get around, overcome transportation barriers, and make transportation choices that:

• Save money• Support health and well-being• Lessen pollution and climate change • Promote a strong, equitable community

Tompkins County Tompkins County Department of Social ServicesDepartment of Social ServicesFood Stamps Medicaid Employment ServicesDaycare Family Services Adult Services

Working Families Transportation Assistance

Estimated 7,000 clients in Tompkins County need transportation for jobs, medical appointments, shopping, youth programs,

wellness, senior activities, access to food pantries, etc.

Community Rideshare Steering Committee

Joint application to NYSERDA for funding for 3-year pilot of community-

wide rideshare program

Joint application to NYSERDA for funding for 3-year pilot of community-

wide rideshare programApplication funded – program started Winter 2010

Zimride TompkinsCommunity

Rideshare Program

Community Rideshare Program

Ride matching for:

• commuters into Tompkins County

• commuters OUT of county

• student rides home for weekends or holiday breaks

• student recreation and shopping in evening or on weekends

• student commutes to internships or off-campus work

• underserved populations needing rides for shopping or to go to medical and human service agency appointments

• coordinating travel to conferences in/around Ithaca

• K-12 enrichment activity “school-pools”

Current Zimride Tompkins usage…

Climate Action PlanClimate Action Plan100% neutrality by 2050

Commuting / air travel

Commuting goals:

Reduce single-occupant vehicle use by minimum of 25% in 15 years (goal: up to 50%)

Flexible work schedules

Climate Action PlanClimate Action Plan100% neutrality by 2050

Commuting / air travel

Commuting goals:

Establish TDM goals and coordinationEstablish transit planSupport vanpoolEstablish guaranteed ride homeEstablish bike/pedestrian standardsEstablish flex-work / tele-work programEnhance transit support to campus

Climate Action PlanClimate Action Plan

Commuting goals:

100% reduction in Air Travel Emissions by 2012 relative to baseline emissions in 2010

50% reduction in Commuting Emissions by 2026 relative to baseline emissions in 2010

Goal still to be established

““Town and Gown”Town and Gown”

Thank you!Thank you!

David LiebAssociate Director, Transportation ProgramsPhone: 607-255-4628Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]: 607-274-3787

Marian BrownSpecial Assistant to the Provost