Best Cities for TDM

Best Cities forTDM reflects the fact that many American cities have extensive TDM programs that promote multi-modal mobility to all parts of the city. MobilityLab and the Federal Highway Administration offer programmatic discussions and examples.

• Denver Regional Council
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council
• Tucson, Pima Association of Governments
• Sacramento Area Council of Governments
• Arlington County, Texas
• Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Boulder, Colorado
• Washington State

Best Cities for Transportation Demand Management

Two sources present communities effectively pursuing the idea that moving people is the objective, not moving cars.

1. DEVELOPING A REGIONAL APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION:

U.S. Department of Transportation

Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty

Federal Highway Administration

BEST PRACTICE CASE STUDIES, June 2013

• Denver Regional Council of Governments (Denver, CO) ……………………………………………..p14
• Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) …………………………… p24
• Pima Association of Governments (Tucson, AZ) …………………………………………………………p33
• Sacramento Area Council of Governments (Sacramento, CA) …………………………………….. p40

Source: https://www.planning.dot.gov.

2. TDM is Not Scary: A 101 on Transportation Demand Management

Mobility Lab is a leading U.S. voice of “transportation demand management – moving people instead of just cars” – and works to create a shared national voice with clear calls to action from TDM agencies across the country. – See more at: http://mobilitylab.org/about-us/#sthash.4U7HUHY3.dpuf

• Overview of Arlington County TDM Commuter Programs, The Alamedan in California published an article in February 2014 that featured the efforts of TDM programs in Arlington County;
• Cambridge, Mass.; Boulder, Colo.; and the state of Washington. – See more at: http://mobilitylab.org/about-us/what-is-tdm/#sthash.r8op4ZGw.dpuf

 

Source: http://mobilitylab.org/about-us/