Title
Transportation Demand Management Grant Application
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution to apply for and accept a Transportation Demand Management Program grant in the amount of $149,564 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and provide the necessary assurances and required local match of $149,564 for the Transportation Demand Management Program.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Elizabeth Presutti, CATS
Explanation
* The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) provides funding to support the outreach and management of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) activities across the state.
* In each large urban area, NCDOT works through one organization to support this initiative. The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) serves as the regional Transportation Demand Management organization for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region.
* TDM programs promote the use of all transportation options available, rather than defaulting to single-occupancy vehicle use. Included among these travel options are carpooling, vanpooling, teleworking, transit, bicycle, flexible work hours, compressed work weeks, and parking policies/pricing structures. CATS also works with area organizations and governmental agencies to advance the program.
* The NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division (IMD) funds TDM programs to continue supporting the provisions of the Ambient Air Quality Improvement Act of 1999, which addressed concerns over ground-level ozone pollution from motor vehicles and the need to deal with increasing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and nitrogen oxides emissions. The Act established a goal of reducing the growth of commuter VMT in the state by 25 percent from 2000 until 2009, and that goal was achieved. Continuing strides have been made in the years following this achievement.
* Successful award of grant funding would provide CATS the resources to implement marketing campaigns and de...
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