1. First-Mile/Last-Mile: Sweating the Small Stuff
Asher Mercer
Sustainable Mobility Summit
October 28, 2013
Looking at TDM and Planning together 1

2. BIG is what gets the dollars BIG is what gets the headlines5
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3. What good is transit if no one can get to it?7
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4. Little things can stop a transit trip before it starts3
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5. No Transit trip is ever JUST a transit trip
How do they get to transit?
How do they get away from transit?
Last Mile
First Mile 4
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6. First Mile/Last Mile Analysis: Identifying and removing barriers to maximize transit use
Working on Sustainable Mobility - Thinking about Barriers 3
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7. Do commuters know their options?6
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8. Can I walk to the bus stop/station?
Closest Crossing
Can I walk to the bus stop/station?
Bus Stop 7
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9. Can I get to transit by Bike?
Bike Rack? 8
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10. What about feeder transit? Direct route Long connection time9
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11. Requires more parking over time
What about driving?
Requires more parking over time
Makes shorter non-auto trips inaccessible 10
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12. First-Mile/Last Mile Analysis
Identify barriers people are encountering
Small fixes that make trips seamless
Scheduling
Signals
Awareness
Small infrastructure
Most of us work on one or more of these things 11
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13. I want to go through some best practices12
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14. Cars can take us the last mile12
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15. Cycling extends the effective range of transit
Think of bikeshare as another layer of transit 13
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16. Local Transit Timing Access 14
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17. Pedestrian-oriented communities
Good Planning
Pedestrian-oriented communities 15
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18. Outreach tied to construction
Mobility Hubs
Seamless Mobility
Outreach tied to construction 16
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19. Evolve to accommodate transit17 17
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20. FM/LM can be applied to existing areas18 18
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21. FM/LM can be applied at planning stage through Official Plans, Zoning, and Guidelines19
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22. Planners & Transit Operators
TDM professionals
Gather feedback about barriers through outreach
Bring an “all modes” perspective
Foster good relationship with transit agencies
Planners & Transit Operators
Always keep the end user in mind
Bring TDM professionals into discussion
TDM integral to many policy goals (e.g. mode split, walkability, etc.)
TDMers: BE GENERALISTS 7
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23. Keeping the first mile and last mile of people’s trips in mind ensures we get the most value out of our infrastructure investments
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24. Asher Mercer Urban ID Consulting asher@urbanid.ca 416-939-5239
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