DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: Transportation Demand Management
SUMMARY:
A briefing on the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) initiative and the Transportation & Capital Improvements Department's (TCI) the continuing efforts to promote and execute TDM in San Antonio.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
As a result of the September 12, 2017 Council Consideration Request (CCR) submitted by Councilmembers Rey Saldana (District 4) and Ana Sandoval (District 7), TCI recommended establishing a working group with partner agencies to review the feasibility of creating a TDM program for San Antonio. In addition, the working group was to examine existing challenges and opportunities, as well as future coordination efforts and the additional resources needed for implementing a comprehensive TDM program in San Antonio. Lastly, the working group process was anticipated to last six months with TCI reporting initial progress in April 2018 to the City Council Transportation Committee with findings and recommendations in June 2018.
The TDM Working Group met three times and consisted of transportation professionals, professionals from influential San Antonio organizations, technology professionals, and several alternate commuters. As part of the process, many ideas and strategies were developed, consolidated, and prioritized to achieve the objective of reducing dependency on single occupancy vehicles. The ideas generally fall within three categories - Infrastructure/Investment, Employer/Employee, Policy/Regulation.
o Infrastructure/Investment - Focuses on better transit options to move more people, including dedicated lanes that would provide incentive to transit riders and carpoolers.
o Policy/Regulation - Includes tax incentives, removing minimum parking requirements, and unbundling parking costs from rent prices. These items would involve significant private sector ...
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