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Doing our Share to Clear the Air

Frequently Asked Questions

What is TAP?

• The Transportation Alternatives

Program (TAP) currently offers commuter benefits to a select group of alternative transportation users at UCSB

• One goal of the Transportation

Alternatives Program is to minimize campus parking demand

Benefits to the Community

• Other goals of TAP include

increased sustainability by reduction in traffic congestion, air pollution, fossil fuel use and green house gas emissions

• UCSB’s Sustainability efforts

continue to gain momentum and nationwide attention.

Benefits to the Community

• Workers who use a carpool,

vanpool, bus or train often save money and feel less commuter stress…

• Commuter cost savings and

decreased stress may help attract and retain workers by improving Work/Life balance

Benefits to the Community

• Telecommuting and flexible work

schedules (4/40s & 9/80s) are currently being promoted by the UCSB Human Resources Work/Life office http://hr.ucsb.edu/worklife

Benefits to the Community

• Traffic demand management and

congestion mitigation efforts may help the campus population grow while reducing some of the negative impacts, typically associated with growth, such as traffic congestions, noise and air pollution

Do all Alternative Modes Qualify?

Do all Alt Mode Users Qualify?

• No, Applicants to TAP must qualify

for, and not own a UCSB Parking Pemit (Carpools may share one permit

and Night & Weekend permits OK)

• To qualify, TAP members must

declare that they primarily walk or use bike, bus, train, carpool, vanpool, scooter or skates on their commute to the UCSB campus

Are all Alt. Commuters a part of TAP?

• No, only those who qualify, apply,

and are verified and approved may become a part of TAP

• TAP members are a subset of

commuters who use alternative modes… For example, UCSB has

• ver 10,000 bicycle commuters and

TAP currently has a total of ≈ 2,400 members using all commuter-modes, who receive TAP commuter benefits

TAP Participation Count

Because of the parking restrictions for Undergrads, up until now, TAP has primarily served Faculty, Staff and 45%+ UCSB employed Graduate Students

TAP Participation Count

Institutional Research Survey

• n Commuter Modes

How UCSB Students Commute

Motorcycle 0% Bus 6% Carpoolers 3% Walk 21% Single Occupancy Drivers 21% Bike Riders 49% UCSB Vanpool 0%

UCSB has strict permit sales rules for undergrads living within 2 miles of campus

Institutional Research Survey

• n Commuter Modes

How UCSB Employees Commute

Bike Riders 9% Motorcycle 1% Carpoolers 14% Bus 7% Walk 1% Single Occupancy Drivers 65% UCSB Vanpool 3%

70% of campus primarily uses alternatives to Single Occupancy Vehicles (SOVs) for the commute between home and UCSB… Second highest rates in the UC system, after UC Davis

How UCSB Employees and Students Commute

Walk 17% Bus 6% Bike Riders 42% UCSB Vanpool 1% Carpoolers 4% Single Occupancy Drivers 30%

What Commuter Benefits Does TAP offer?

• Complimentary Parking

(up to 57 hours/Qtr)

• Up to $21 off and pre-tax payroll

deduction for 30-day Bus Passes:

• MTD (local buses ranging from Goleta

to Carpinteria)

• MTD Valley Express (Buellton)
• Clean Air Express* (Lompoc & Santa

Maria

• Coastal Express* (Oxnard & Ventura)

*Wireless internet enabled – Telecommute while commuting

What Commuter Benefits Does TAP offer?

• CarShare by Zipcar. Hourly car rental

right on campus that includes fuel and insurance. TAP members get Complimentary Membership and discount rates $5.50/hr or $60/day

• Complimentary Emergency Ride

Home Program

• Complimentary Amtrak Shuttle

between Goleta Train Station & UCSB

• Complimentary Commuter

Consultations

What Commuter Benefits Does TAP offer?

• UCSB operates 13 vanpools

(effective 11-1-2008)

• 3 - Santa Maria
• 4 - Lompoc
• 1 - Solvang
• 1 - Buellton
• 2 - Ventura
• 1 - Oxnard/Camarillo
• 1 - Thousand Oaks

Change Agent Teams - Transportation

Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability Committee February 5, 2009 Presented by: James Wagner -TAP Arjun Sarkar - Fleet/Fuel

Transportation & Green House Gas Emissions

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Transportation & Green House Gas Emissions

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Transportation & Green House Gas Emissions

___________________________________________________________________ Annual Pounds of Campus-Related CO2 from SOVs and Campus Fleet

UCOP's sustainable transportation policy states that the campuses will:

• Incorporate alternative means of

transportation to/from and within the campus to improve the quality of life on campus and in the surrounding community

• UCSB’s Transportation Alternatives

Program (TAP) & Transportation Services both take steps to incorporate alternatives transportation, as noted above

What is Sustainable Transportation?

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UCOP's sustainable transportation policy (continued) states that the campuses will:

• Continue their strong commitment to

provide affordable on-campus housing, in

• rder to reduce the volume of commutes to

and from campus

• UCSB’s Long Range Development Plan

includes the construction of residences for approximately 7,000 students & employees in the coming years

What is Sustainable Transportation?

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Benefits to the Community

• TAP’s traffic demand management

and congestion mitigation efforts may facilitate campus population growth while reducing some of the undesirable impacts, typically associated with growth, such as traffic congestions, noise pollution and air pollution

• Long Distance and Local Buses
• Vanpools
• Carpools
• Dynamic Carpools using new handheld technologies now

available on iphone (Avego.com) and Google Android-phone

• Telecommuting
• Telecommuting while Commuting - Wi-Fi internet on transit
• Remote worksites
• Flexible Schedules i.e. 4/40s & 9/80s
• Electric Scooters
• Electric Bicycles
• Bicycles and Walking

Most of the alternatives (above) require additional commute time corresponding with the behavior shift away from SOV use Unfortunately TIME is not a renewable resource  $ubsidies

Alternatives to Single Occupant Vehicles

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• Encouraging alternatives transportation modes
• ften takes subsidies for those closest to campus
• UCSB currently lacks a dedicated funding source

for Alternative Transportation beyond excess parking citation revenue. Most other UC’s use parking dollars…

Lack of funding to support our sizable transit subsidy leaves TAP heading for a $100K-$200K annual budget deficit, with no relief in sight…There may be ways to charge infrastructure taxes or ground rent in the future

Current Challenges

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Bicycle infrastructure facilities were partially or completely omitted from our most recent buildings (Bren Hall, California Nano Science Institute and the Life Sciences Building) UCSB currently needs a policy to ensure bicycle infrastructure gets included in all new projects and funding for over $1.2 Million in bicycle infrastructure improvements to make up for past

• versights

Current Challenges

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Commuter mode split survey data for Faculty, Staff and Students is not done

• ften enough… UCSB Office of Institutional

Research has surveyed staff every two years for the past 6 years and has not surveyed students since 2002 Office of Institutional Research commuter mode split surveys of Faculty, Staff and Students are needed each and every year

Current Challenges

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Will There Be A Technologic Fix? One challenge with “Green Cars” is that they may tend to encourage SOV use because there is no shift away from one person per car

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Will There Be A Technologic Fix? One challenge with “Green Cars” is that they may tend to encourage SOV use because there is no shift away from one person per car

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Chevy Volt Plug-In Hybrid Up to 40 miles

• n a charge

before gasoline engine is engaged

• Will their be a technologic fix or behavioral

fix or land use fix a combination of these?

Tranportation & Green House Gas Emissions

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www.aptera.com

• Will their be a technologic fix or behavioral

fix or land use fix a combination of these?

Transportation & Green House Gas Emissions

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Human Powered (30mph) or Human Electric Hybrid (55mph) Vehicles

Some UC campuses provide discounts for parking Electric Vehicles or reserved parking spaces for carpool

• UCSB has yet to create the infrastructure

for the charging of non-UC-Fleet Electric vehicles be they two, three or four wheeled

• UCSB has yet to hire a Transportation

Planner or create a Transportation Plan

• UCSB has yet to create a Bicycle Plan

Transportation & Green House Gas Emissions

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• Hydrogen Vehicles
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV)
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)
• Electric Vehicles
• Bio-Diesel
• Vegetable Oil Cars - “Greasels”
• Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
• Ethanol vehicles – E-85 (from what feedstock food to

fuel or waste or cellulose?)

• Compressed Air Vehicle

Most of the vehicle types above would require the construction expense of special re-fueling or recharging facilities

Time Will Tell Which Fuel Types or Vehicle Technologies Will Win in the Marketplace

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The End of the Beginning

Questions?

Thank You for Your Time and Attention

TAP Staff Presentation to Transportation Alternatives Board 9-25-2009