City of Sunnyvale - Growth without Gridlock 8 27-14

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Sunnyvale Cool Cities

August 27, 2014

TDM

Sunnyvale Policies

Moffett Park

Green Building Program

Conditions of Approval

Design Guidelines

Transportation Demand Management Strategies and policies to reduce travel

demand or to redistribute demand in space or in time

NOT Tedium

Who ◦ Cities, Employers, Residents

What ◦ Reduce or Redistribute Travel

When ◦ Peak-hour commute, all day

Where ◦ Destinations and Origins

Why ◦ Reduce Single-vehicle Auto Trips ◦ Improve Air Quality ◦ Improve Health

How

Smart Growth principles that can affect travel behavior

Density ◦ Fewer vehicle-trips

Diversity ◦ Close proximity symbiosis

Design ◦ Improved pedestrian and bicycling environment

Destination ◦ Fewer automobile trips and VMT

Site and Building Design

Programs and Resources

Goals/Targets Reductions ◦ Based on ITE Rates

Implementation

Monitoring and Evaluation ◦ Driveway Counts

◦ Surveys

Penalties for Non-Compliance

Site location near a rail station

Financial incentives (subsidized transit passes)

Parking restrictions/parking costs

Private shuttle buses

Lack of outreach efforts ◦ Marketing, promotions, new employee onboarding

information

Lack of funding for transit subsidies ◦ VTA Eco Pass and other subsidized programs

Lack of jurisdiction enforcement ◦ Monitoring, reporting compliance and penalty

application)

Lack of transit resources ◦ at or near project location

Various Zoning Code Updates 1997 *General Plan Goals – LUTE 1999 TDM Tool Kit 1999 “High FAR” review criteria 2004 Moffett Park Specific Plan 2005 Council Policy on Residential TDM 2003 Downtown Specific Plan 2007 *Precise Plan for El Camino Real 2008 PDAs 2012 PDAs 2014 Climate Action Plan *2015 *Lawrence Station Area Plan* *2015 *Peery Park Specific Plan

* Initial Preparation or Updates in Progress

2003-04

Zoning ◦ MP-I 35% - 80% FAR

◦ MP-TOD 50% - 60% FAR

Green Density Bonus

Mandatory TDM ◦ 30% Peak Hour Reduction

◦ 25% Total Reduction

MPBG ◦ formerly Moffett Park Business and Transportation

Association

◦ Privately initiated and run

◦ Voluntary

◦ Support TDM programs

◦ Represent Business Interests

Minimum Levels ◦ LEED ◦ B.I.G.

Incentive Bonus ◦ FAR 10% ◦ DU 5% ◦ Height 5 feet

Mandatory TDM ◦ Same as project w/o Bonus

Underground Parking Bonus ◦ Height 5 feet

Frontage Sidewalks ◦ Required by Code

◦ New Walkability Standards

◦ Preserve Trees/setback from curb

Sidewalk Extensions ◦ Across other properties

Bus Stop Upgrades

Enhanced Trail to Caltrain

Bicycle Parking

TDM

Net new trips

Pays for Citywide improvements ◦ Striping (including bicycle lanes)

◦ Sidewalks

◦ Intersections

◦ Major infrastructure

Mary Avenue

101/237

Pedestrian Walkways

Interface on Major streets ◦ El Camino Real

◦ Building entries

Location of Bicycle Facilities

Areas/Plans ◦ Downtown ◦ Tasman Crossing ◦ El Camino Real ◦ Fair Oaks Junction ◦ E Sunnyvale (pending) ◦ LSAP (Pending)

Implementation ◦ Developer Improvements

Sidewalks, buffer areas, enhanced lighting, bulb outs

SOP Fee

◦ Public Investment Area signage

Information kiosks

Enhanced intersections (crosswalk, countdown signals)

Trudi Ryan, Planning Officer

City of Sunnyvale

tryan@sunnyvale.ca.gov