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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.
Transit Ridership in Boulder
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Boulder Transit Use 1981 to 2008
Local Regional
Between 2007 and 2008, local transit ridership in Boulder
increased by 8 percent and regional ridership
increased by 13 percent.
All Trips- Boulder residents
> Since 1990, SOV mode share has decreased by 6%
SOV, 39%
MOV, 25%
Transit, 4%
Bike, 14%
Walk, 19%
Work Trip Mode Split
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SOV MOV Transit Multi-mode
Bike Walk Work atHome
All Employees Boulder residents In-commuters
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
CU Students
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
NECO, $636,468
CU Student 08-09,
$3,065,500
BECO, $1,750,324
CAGID, $754,800
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Eco Pass Impact on Travel Behavior
> 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 [email protected] or 303-
441-1832