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FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON, ACTING DIRECTOR OF C"UNITY DEVELOPMENT
DATE: July 14, 1996
SUBJECT: TSM Status Report
Specific Request(s) or ecamme a on s) 9 BaclgrouiQ Justification
RECOMMENDATION
1. Accept the Transportation Systems Management (TSM) status report from the Director,
Community Development Department.
2. Approve, in principle, the use of county vehicles for employees commute pools for a
reasonable charge.
3. Request the General Services. Department to develop a county vehicles employees commute
pool program in cooperation with the Community Development Department.
4. Authorize the Director of Community Development Department to make a study of parking
problems in the Martinez Civic Area and resolve the parking issues jointly with the
City of Martinez.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None at this time.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
The Board of Supervisors adopted a policy to promote a Transportation Systems Management
(TSM) program with a view to (a) minimize the parking demand around the County offices, (b)
maximize the use of the existing transportation infrastructure b accommodating increasing
number of person trips without increasing vehicle trips, and (c� reduce the peak traffic
volumes by spreading the peak over longer periods.
In '1985, a survey of county employees was made with a view to identify potential for
(a) carpooling, (b) reducing the peak traffic; (c) use of transportation modes other than
motor-vehicle, and (c) use of public transit.
Only 20 percent of the survey forms distributed were returned. Analysis of the returned
forms indicated encouraging potential for employees carpools. As a result of the information
provided by the survey, several carpools have been developed and new employees are being
continuously helped to form carpools.
In 1980, as an incentive, a 61-space parking lot was reserved for carpoolers close to the
County Administration Building in Martinez . The use of this parking lot has been steadily
increasing. As of today, 80 carpooler parking permits have been issued. These permits are
renewable each year in March. Parking permits do not resera or assure parking spaces.
Parking spaces are available on a "first come, first serve" b sis.
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Action of Board on: July 22, 1986 Approved as Recommended x Other_
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY Or AN ACTION TAKEN
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In addition, the results of a County Administrator Office survey to reduce peak traffic by
allowing the use of flex hours were reported to the Board of Supervisors on May 19, 1986.
A major effort to develop and implement a TSM program was initiated in June, 1986. The
work program now includes but is not limited to:
Identification of all county employees work locations and their respective residential
areas by postal zip codes;
Evaluation of parking problems and solutions including consideration of a local shuttle;
Intensive marketing efforts to promote TSM;
Periodic evaluation of success and modification of marketing strategies whenever
necessary;
Use of official vans/cars for the county employees commute pools on a reasonable charge;
Development of a plan to consider the effectiveness of office flex hours, staggered
hours and 4-10 and 90-30 work weeks;
Development of a plan with the school districts and community colleges for staggered
hours for classes;
Drawing upon the available assistance from RIDES., MTC and other organizations;
Coordination of 'TSM efforts with the cities;
Identification of critical missing links in bike paths and pedestrian paths and to
seek to provide funds for construction.
Providing park-n-lock facilities for bicycles;
Encouraging transit use by facilitating transit service to fit the county employees
needs; and
Developing land use policies that tend to minimize thq commute trip length and
dependency on private cars on an individual basis.
Work on identification of all county employee office locations and their respective residen-
tial areas by postal zip codes is already in progress. This data base is expected to be
ready by the end of September 1986 and will serve as a guide for all other efforts to
promote TSM. Meetings of employees with common office locations and residential areas will
be organized to develop commute pools and solicit innovative ideas. During these meetings
survey forms will be completed by the employees. The survey rate of return is expected to
be 95 percent as compared to 20 percent in 1985.
Some public agencies, including Caltrans, have allowed the use of official vehicles for
commute pools for a reasonable charge. This program has successfully worked for more than
ten years in the Caltrans office in San Francisco. As indicated above, the possibility. of
using County vehicles for employee-commute-pools is also being studied. Liability issues
and the legal steps necessary to implement County vehicle commute pools are being examined
by the Department of Employees Benefit and Risk Management, and the County Counsel.
At this stage, approval of the Board is sought, in principle, to allow the use of county
vehicles for commute pools.
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