REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Forward a recommendation to the City Council to Introduce an Ordinance to Add a new Chapter (19.45 - Residential Transportation Demand Management) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Adopt a Resolution Creating the Multi-family Residential Transportation Demand Management Program (Study Issue Planning File 2015-7150), Rescind Council Policy 1.1.15 (Residential Transportation Demand Management), and Find that these Actions are Exempt from CEQA.
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
In 2014, the Planning Commission sponsored a study issue (Attachment 2) to consider creating a Multi-family Residential Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program.
This study reviews the options for requiring TDM components with multi-family residential development projects. TDM programs are widely used as a tool to reduce vehicle trips and traffic impacts in non-residential developments, but less commonly used for residential developments. Some of the tools considered in this study include:
* Use of transit passes to provide residents other commuting options;
* On-site availability of shared automobiles and bicycles;
* Potential trip reduction targets;
* Incentives for developers to seek GreenTRIPs certification (developed by Transform) or a similar program;
* Decreased parking requirements if alternative programs exist, such as unbundled parking, shared parking, etc.;
* On-site design of pedestrian and bicycle amenities, transportation information kiosks, wayfinding information, rideshare matching, bike or car sharing, and other related strategies; and,
* Distribution of transit information and other services to residents.
Attachment 5 is a Multi-family Residential Transportation Demand Management Toolkit which provides background information and parameters for the use of residential TDM. Attachment 4 is a sample residential TDM program with a point system that includes the available tools to ensure that TDM measures effectively reduce vehicle trip...
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