1. Let’s Get Personal! Innovations in Individualized Marketing ACT Canada - Sustainable Mobility & Healthy Communities Summit 2014 Agata Pieniek

2. | Individualized Marketing  Market Segmentation  Personalized Travel Planning  Digital tools 2

3. | 3 What is Individualized Marketing? Targeted Market Segmentation Customized Personalized Travel Planning Incentives Digital tools

4. |  geo-demographic classification tool  developed in-house  based on the fusion of a commercial geo-demographic system (MOSAIC) and travel behaviour data Targeting Using Smarter TravelStyle to identify target locations 4

5. | Smarter TravelStyle 5

6. | 6 Participation Car use reduction

7. | 7 Southampton Smarter TravelStyle profile

8. | Personalized Travel Planning (PTP): what is it?  It’s a conversation  Door-to-door approach in residential or employment area  The conversation is supported by the delivery of the information and incentives to facilitate a change 8

9. | What makes PTP so effective?  Motivational interviewing  Adopted from the health sector  Targeted approach  Low hanging fruit, unless social inclusion objectives  Tailored resources  Project identity  Tailored resources for the target area 9

10. | What is Motivational Interviewing?  “Motivational interviewing is a person-centred, guiding method of communication to elicit and strengthen motivation for change”  What this means:  Led by the target rather than you – the answers come from the individual, not from you!  Not leading or following  Facilitate movement around the cycle of change 10

11. | Pilot Project – Travel Encinitas  Funded Research project  Conducted in partnership with SANDAG  Piloted recommendations from our North Coast Corridor TDM Plan  Targeted 700 households in two ways  400 by door knocking  300 with a mailer  Used our own team of Travel Advisors  Introductory postcard hand delivered to all households to be door knocked 11

12. | Target Area 12

13. | Developed limited number of branded materials 13

14. | Outcomes Outcome Number of households % of total households contacted Expected outcomes Total targeted households430113%105% Sample loss5813%5% Total households visited372100% Contacted households23864%65% Participants10929%33% Non-participants12935%32% No contact after 3 attempts13436%30% People contacted at community event77-- 14 372 households visited 64% households were spoken to (238) 29% participated (109)

15. | Follow up Survey: Perception of PTP 15  86% said the conversation was helpful  68% said it made them think about their travel options  61% said they felt more positive about walking around their local area

16. | Changes to Weekly Mode Share 16  Drive alone weekly mode share fell from 48% of all trips to 38% of all trips  Bike increased from 9% to 14% of all trips  Walk increased from 30% to 36%

17. | Participant Feedback  “It was perfect timing – we had just moved to the area and the Travel Advisor helped us figure out all the different options instead of just jumping in the car”  “I am trying to restrict my personal car use, waiting a day or so to go out…I walk for pleasure and sometimes walk to the library instead of driving, depending on the number of books!”  “A one stop shop, we didn’t have to go to a bunch of places to get the information. Very convenient!”  “The bike map is great- I’m doing a lot more biking now that I have the map.” 17

18. | Tools for Change Gamification is…  Support tool for individual engagement or a standalone challenge  Employs incentives and prizes to both motivate participation and maintain participation 18

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21. | Takeaways  Consider your target audience  Who is likely to change? How are you going to reach them?  Make it personal  Find out if they want to change, and WHY!  Identify barriers and needs  Fill information gaps  Keep the engagement going  Incentivize  Connect to a community 21

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