In each year (twelve-month period following initial formal notice and each additional twelve-month period) of the regional program each major employer shall:
A. Within ninety days of notice from TRO staff that they qualify as a major employer, provide each regular employee with information on alternate mode options and travel reduction measures including, but limited to: Sun Tran bus routes and schedules, the RideShare program, and bicycle routes. This information shall also be provided to new employees at the time of hiring.
B. Participate in a survey and reporting effort, as directed by the TRP task force and as scheduled by TRP staff. The results of this survey shall form a baseline against which attainment of the targets in subsection E of this section shall be measured as follows:
1. The baseline for participation in alternative modes of transportation shall be based on the total number of employees;
2. The baseline for VMT shall be the average VMT per employee for employees not residing on the work site.
C. Prepare and submit a travel reduction plan for submittal to TRP staff and presentation to the TRP task force. TRP staff will assist in preparing the plan. Major employers shall submit plans within nine weeks after they complete their survey. The plan shall contain the following elements:
1. The name of the designated Transportation Coordinator;
2. A description of employee information programs and other travel reduction measures which have been completed to date or during the previous year;
3. A description of travel reduction measures to be undertaken by the major employer in the coming year of the plan. The following measures may be included:
a. A commuter matching service, in addition to or coordinated with PAG's RideShare program, to facilitate employee ridesharing work trips,
b. Provision of vans or vanpooling,
c. Subsidized carpooling or vanpooling which may include payment for fuel, insurance or parking,
d. Use of company vehicles for carpooling,
e. Provision of preferential parking for carpool or vanpool users which may include close-in parking or covered parking facilities,
f. Cooperation with Sun Tran or other transportation providers to provide additional regular or express service buses to the work site,
g. Subsidized bus fares,
h. Construction of special loading and unloading facilities for transit and carpool and vanpool users,
i. Cooperation with local jurisdictions to construct walkways or bicycle routes to the work site,
j. Provision of bicycle racks, lockers and showers for employees who walk or bicycle to and from work,
k. Provision of a special information center where information on alternate modes and other travel reduction measures will be available,
l. Establishment of a work-at-home program, full or part-time, for employees,
m. Establishment of a program of adjusted work hours which may include compressed work weeks and employee-selected starting and stopping hours. Work hour adjustments should not interfere with or discourage the use of ridesharing and transit,
n. Establishment of a program of parking incentives and disincentives; such as a fee for parking and/or a "rebate" for employees who do not use the parking facility,
o. Incentives to encourage employees to live closer to work,
p. Implementation of other measures designed to reduce commute trips such as the provision of day care facilities or emergency taxi services.
D. An approvable travel reduction plan shall meet all of the following criteria:
1. The plan shall designate a transportation coordinator;
2. The plan shall describe a mechanism for regular distribution of alternate mode transportation information to employees;
3. For employers who in any year, meet or exceed annual regional targets for travel reduction, the plan shall accurately and completely describe current and planned travel reduction measures;
4. For employers who, in any year, fall below the regional targets for travel reduction, the plan shall include commitments to implement:
a. At least two specific travel reduction measures (such as those described in subsection (C)(3) of this section), in the first year of the regional program.
b. At least three specific Alternate Modes incentives programs (such as those described in subsection (C)(3) of this section) in the second year of the regional program;
5. After the second year, the travel reduction program task force shall review the travel reduction programs for employers not meeting regional targets and may recommend additional measures.
E. Employers shall implement all travel reduction measures considered necessary by the task force to attain the following target employee participation in alternate modes or commuter trip VMT reductions per regulated work site.
1. Fifteen percent of the total employee pool in the first year of the regional program;
2. Twenty percent of the total employee pool in the second year of the regional program;
3. Twenty-five percent of the total employee pool in the third year of the regional program.
F. After the third year of the regional program, either:
1. An increase in employee participation in alternate modes of one percent per year for each subsequent year until forty percent of all commute trips are made by alternate modes; or
2. Alternatively, a reduction in average annual VMT per employee of 1.5% per year can be selected by a major employer after a twenty-five percent alternate mode or commuter trip VMT reduction usage is achieved.
(Ord. 1988-72 § 1 (part), 1988)