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Adoption of Resolution Amending the Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point (TDM Plan). (Base Reuse 819099)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution Amending the Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point (TDM Plan)
BACKGROUND
The City Council approved the Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point on May 20, 2014 (TDM Plan), a crucial component of the City's approach to addressing the City's transportation issues associated with the reuse and redevelopment of Alameda Point (see Attachment 1 of attached Resolution). The intent of the TDM Plan is to provide strategies, measures, and services that are combined into a comprehensive program to:
* Create the envisioned transit-oriented development at Alameda Point;
* Achieve the City of Alameda's General Plan goals to reduce automobile trips, and in particular, target the reduction of single occupant vehicle (SOV) trips; and
* Mitigate potential traffic impacts from existing and new development.
TDM strategies are designed to change travel behavior (when, where, and by what means people travel) by using combinations of incentives, disincentives, and convenient transportation services. The adoption of the TDM Plan is also required by the City's General Plan and the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Alameda Point. The primary components of the TDM Plan include: creation of a Transportation Management Association to oversee the TDM Plan and administer and manage certain elements of it; develop common transit services; car and bicycle share programs; parking management; incentives and support services; and annual monitoring, reporting, and compliance.
Since approval of the TDM Plan, the City has taken active steps to implement the TDM Plan including applying and receiving a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to retain expert TDM consultants to help the City ...
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