PLEASANTON TSM ORDINANCE: A NEW APPROACH TO TRAFFIC MITIGATION

A transportation system management (TSM) ordinance adopted by the city of Pleasanton, California, in October 1984 requires all employers of 50 or more persons, and all employers in complexes, to implement a TSM program designed to achieve a 45 percent reduction in the number of peak-period commute trips that would occur if all such trips were made by solo drivers. The reduction can take place over several years. The ordinance includes requirements for annual surveys of employee commute modes and assigns most monitoring and enforcement responsibilities to a task force drawn from large employers and complexes plus the Downtown Merchant's Association. The task force feature was important in obtaining employer support for adoption of the ordinance because it provides for specification of remedial TSM measures by peers, instead of by city staff, in case of need. The Pleasanton TSM ordinance avoids many of the problems with other types of traffic mitigation ordinances, particularly failure to reach all employers and predetermination (by guesswork) of the effectiveness of given TSM measures. Other cities will find much to emulate in Pleasanton's approach, although several precautions are offered on the transfer of Pleasanton's experience to other cities.

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• Authors:
  • Curry, David
  • Fraser-Middleton, Karen
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 41-46
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS, PARATRANSIT, AND RIDESHARING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1018
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carpools; Committees; Employers; Law enforcement; Laws; Monitoring; Parking; Traffic congestion; Transportation system management; Vanpools
• Uncontrolled Terms: Task force
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453116
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903907X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM