BUSINESS COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: LESSONS FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

This report summarizes the results of a 27-month project to increase employer awareness and participation in transportation management activities. Focus of these activities was the Charlotte Uptown Development Corporation's Transportation Management Organization, the Uptown Transportation Council. The methods they used included routine meetings of selected Employee Transportation Coordinators, occasional education and training sessions for chief Executive Officers of local businesses, and development of special materials and information packages. The group served as a catalyst for a transit terminal feasibility study, a transit mall study, zoning ordinance revisions, and investigations of changes to regional bus services. A variety of improvements in parking management practices also resulted. The report should be of interest to those responsible for congestion reduction in downtown areas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also published as US DOT Technology Sharing Program report no. DOT-T-94-07. Prepared in cooperation with DOT and sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Charlotte Uptown Development Corporation

  Uptown Transportation Council
  Charlotte, NC  United States  92717
• Publication Date: 1993-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business districts; City planning; Congestion management systems; Employee participation; Employer sponsored transportation; Parking; Traffic congestion; Transportation operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Old TRIS Terms: Congestion reduction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00669175
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1994 12:00AM