Collaborations for Community-Wide Ridesharing Options Marian Brown Special Assistant to the Provost David Lieb Associate Director, Transportation Programs SOVs are So Over!

2,000 square miles 36,420 households * Population: 100,583 ** 4.2% increase from % increase from 2000 Students: ~27,000 Students: ~27, % with Bachelors degree or higher * 10.5% Foreign-born * * 2000 Census data ** 2010 Census data

Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Tompkins County, charged with facilitating county-wide transportation planning. ITCTC: works jointly and cooperatively with all transportation related agencies in Tompkins County, to promote comprehensive inter-modal transportation planning. provides transportation-related information and analyses.

Total: 56,910 13,591 commuters into Tompkins County

Total: 47,934 4,075 commuters out of the county

City of Ithaca

Cornell University 13,846 undergraduates 6,427 graduates 6,427 graduates 1,639 faculty 1,639 faculty 8,921 staff 8,921 staff 30,833 total community

Cornell University 10,000 parking spaces 6,800 resident students 689 resident parking permits 13,400 commuting students 802 commuter parking permits

Cornell Transportation Demand Management Program

Support for alternative transportation: Faculty/Staff programs Paid faculty/staff parking $300 - $700/year; no-fee option on periphery of campus OmniRide: 100% underwrite of faculty/staff in-county transit use; subsidized out-of-county transit RideShare: discount, no-fee, or rebate for parking permits VanPool: No-fee, reserved parking; university subsidized Guaranteed Ride Home One-day parking permits Carshare memberships

Cornell Transportation Demand Management Program Support for alternative transportation: Student programs Paid parking $700/year; all class years, resident, and commuter OmniRide: Free first year, “free nights and weekends” all students; heavily subsidized pass for full privileges for continuing students VanPool: No-fee, reserved parking; university subsidized (graduate students only) Guaranteed Ride Home Carshare memberships for any student

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Formed in Formed in 1996 Initially jointly funded by: Tompkins County City of Ithaca Tompkins County City of Ithaca Cornell University Cornell University routes 34 routes rides/year 3.58 million rides/year APTA’s 2011 Outstanding Public Transportation System in North America (under 4M miles)

Ithaca College 6,442 undergraduates 507 graduates 724 faculty 973 staff 8,646 campus community 4,272 resident students Source:

Green - First-year student permits 200 Red - Returning student permits 2,836 Blue - Faculty/staff permits 1,135 Restricted (disabled, service) 75 Total parking spaces 4, First year students 2,723 Returning students 1,580 Staff/faculty 4,477 Total registrations

Support for alternative transportation: 100% underwrite of faculty/staff transit use free faculty/staff parking 30-33% underwrite of student pass purchase Student parking permit fees: ($500 for first years; $120 for continuing students) Integration of ID cards as bus passes Bike racks Support for vanpool and carshare

Intentional community 160 residents 60 residential units 2 Neighborhoods 2 Common Houses Focus on sustainable living Informal carsharing program

Curb Your Car Coalition Support for cycling, pedestrian access, transit

New York Energy Research and Development Authority public benefit corporation programs primarily funded by state rate payers through the System Benefits Charge funds development and use of innovative technologies to improve the State’s energy, economic, and environmental wellbeing flow-through of funds for ARRA, DOE, and DOT programs Energy efficiency projects Alternative transportation

Ithaca Carshare Mini-grant: carshare feasibility study Carshare summit Carshare steering committee Application to NYSERDA/NYSDOT for pilot project Ithaca Carshare Board of Directors

Members: 1,000+ Fleet: 10 Nissan Versa sedans 2 Honda Fit sedans 1 Scion XB sedan 1 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck 1 Nissan Quest minivan Locations: City of Ithaca Cornell University Ithaca College EcoVillage at Ithaca Fleet photo

Vanpool

2,874 full-time students 825 part-time students 431 faculty/staff 3,130 total campus 800 resident students 584 Cortland County 1,169 Tompkins County 1,354 Other NY counties 50 Out of state

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County Way2Go helps people consider the many different ways to get around, overcome transportation barriers, and make transportation choices that: Save money Support health and well-being Lessen pollution and climate change Promote a strong, equitable community

Tompkins County Department of Social Services Food Stamps Medicaid Employment Services Daycare Family Services Adult Services Working Families Transportation Assistance Estimated 7,000 clients in Tompkins County need transportation for jobs, medical appointments, shopping, youth programs, wellness, senior activities, access to food pantries, etc.

Community Rideshare Steering Committee Joint application to NYSERDA for funding for 3-year pilot of community- wide rideshare program Application funded – program started Winter 2010 Zimride Tompkins Community Rideshare Program

Ride matching for: commuters into Tompkins County commuters OUT of county student rides home for weekends or holiday breaks student recreation and shopping in evening or on weekends student commutes to internships or off-campus work underserved populations needing rides for shopping or to go to medical and human service agency appointments coordinating travel to conferences in/around Ithaca K-12 enrichment activity “school-pools”

Current Zimride Tompkins usage…

Climate Action Plan 100% neutrality by 2050 Commuting / air travel Commuting goals: Reduce single-occupant vehicle use by minimum of 25% in 15 years (goal: up to 50%) Flexible work schedules

Climate Action Plan 100% neutrality by 2050 Commuting / air travel Commuting goals: Establish TDM goals and coordination Establish transit plan Support vanpool Establish guaranteed ride home Establish bike/pedestrian standards Establish flex-work / tele-work program Enhance transit support to campus

Climate Action Plan Commuting goals: 100% reduction in Air Travel Emissions by 2012 relative to baseline emissions in % reduction in Commuting Emissions by 2026 relative to baseline emissions in 2010 Goal still to be established

“Town and Gown”

Thank you! David Lieb Associate Director, Transportation Programs Phone: Phone: Marian Brown Special Assistant to the Provost