Portland Community College
Transportation Demand
Management Plan Update
PCC Cabinet Presentation
March 2012
Overview
Background Understanding
Project Purpose & Process
Outreach Efforts
Final Recommendations
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Enrollment surge has created
significant challenges
Students
Current TDM Plan has been effective &
successful for past 20 years
Time
Sustainability Initiative is a motivator
Regulatory requirements must be met
Additional resources are needed
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Vehicle Trips
Background Understanding
Project Purpose
Provide recommended modifications to
current TDM Plan in four areas:
– meet current spike in parking demand,
but avoid over-building;
– continue providing services that
are accessible and affordable;
– meet PCC’s carbon reduction targets; and,
– reduce the amount of spill-over parking in
surrounding neighborhoods.
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Five-step Process
Discovery / Inquiry / Input
Assessment of Behaviors & Impacts
Ideas / Options / Alternatives
Evaluation & Selection
Plan & Implementation
Strategies
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Steering Committee Members
Rock Creek Representatives
District Representatives
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– Erin Stanforth
– Jeff Wilson
– Liliana Olalde
Wing-Kit Chung
Yohannes Alemu
Alex deRoode
Jerry Donnelly
Linda Eden
Ken Nelson
Russell Banks
Southeast Representatives
– Tanya Batazhan
– Esther Loanzon
Sylvania Representatives
Bond Program Representatives
– Kristin Bryant
– Peter Seaman
– Jennifer Keller
– Grant Bennett
– Linda Degman
– Gina Whitehill-Baziuk
Agency Representatives
– Dan Bower, Portland
– Alan Lehto, Tri-Met
Cascade Representatives
– Jerry Brask
– Julie Davenport
– Gary Eaton
Staff Support
– John Garner
– Rebecca Ocken
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District-wide Transportation Survey
Willingness or
ability to change
Target strategies
to user needs
By User Type
Current choices
& behaviors
How do you travel to PCC most of the time?
By Campus
4,800 responses,
statistically valid
How do you travel to PCC most of the time?
DHM Research | PCC May 2011
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Open Houses
A Series of two at four campuses
Significant input & feedback
Comment
Cards
drive alone
park & shuttle
rideshare
drop off
transit
shuttle
bike
walk
distance learning
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Samples of PCC Community Input
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Significant Input & Feedback
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Key Recommendations
Seven Guiding Themes with 20 Guiding
Principles (See handout)
Equipped and empowered organization
Standing Committee to advise
Strengthened & expanded partnerships
Annual monitoring & reporting
Menu of tiered TDM strategies (see next page)
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Example TDM Strategies
Short to Intermediate Term:
Increase transit pass subsidies for students and employees
Increase PCC shuttle services and connections to Tri-Met
Expand off-campus parking supplies & shuttle connections
Expand promotions and incentives;
– trip planning assistance, ride matching, on-line support
– pricing considerations for parking permits &
– other fee increases and other subsidies
Provide staffing to collect data, monitor, and report progress
Establish TDM Standing Committee to help accountability
Provide additional covered bike racks for safety
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Example TDM Strategies
Longer Term
Consider Variable pricing for parking
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Higher cost during busy hours
– Higher cost for locations nearest campus core
– Consider “pay as you go” versus traditional parking permit
Modify class scheduling to reduce peak demands
Develop new and augment existing partnerships:
– Neighborhoods
– TriMet
– City of Portland
– Washington County
– Other educational institutions and major employers
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Path Forward
Obtain Cabinet feedback
Present to BPAC in April and other groups in the Spring
Develop communication strategy with stakeholders
Use this “district blue print” to start working on campus
specific plan
– CA to go first due to time constraint for the Education building
Organizationally, provide additional resources for
implementation
– District TDM coordinator as a start
Test new strategies as pilots, monitor, and adjust
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