TRAX Trip Reduction Programs:
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Transcript of TRAX Trip Reduction Programs:
TRAX Trip Reduction Programs:
Is the Halifax region ready?
Ahhh….the Maritimes
Ride a frikkin bike? Have you lost yer mind?
The Maritimes: Where the car is sacred
Veneration of the asphalt god
Enter the TRAX Trip Reduction Program
TRAX Trip Reduction Programs
• TRAX started the TRP’s in 1999
• We based the TRPs on the Go Green Choices model
• Virgin territory: very little discussion of sustainable commuting in the HRM at the time
• Ten successful (?) TRPs, 5 failed TRPs
What is a ‘successful’ TRP?
• Contact person ( and ‘champion’) established• Endorsement from Tarzan• Survey initiated and analyzed• A transportation committee• Some budget• Implementation of incentives• Feedback from employees• Events where the participation is good, people are keen• Follow up survey and presentation of results• Program continues without TRAX
Case Study: The NS Department of Environment and Labor
Indoor parking place for one car=sheltered parking for twelve
bicycles
The Fleet Vehicle:
The details!
Green transportation info boards Car pool posters wherever possible
“Two Feet”: The Healthy Workplace Program
Case study: CRA= Going nowhere
• started May 2003• 2 pages: 40+
meetings to executive committees, phone calls, e mails (does not include letters), of recorded attempts to move on the TRP
• still no initial survey
Challenges with CRA
• Endless bureaucratic red tape!!
• Theoretical support from senior management, not in practice
• One employee at CRA doing all the work
• Constantly trying to “sell” the TRP to the workplace
• Big events – little promotion
• No budget
abundant affordable parking
Inconvient parking for bicycles
HRM bike facilities
Bias toward car traffic, against pedestrian traffic
Are successful TRP’s possible in the Halifax region? YES!!
• High transit ridership; rising and improving ( BRT, ferries, bike plan, bike racks on buses…)• Regional Planning shows that high percentage
residents want to commute sustainably• High pedestrian/ commuter ratio ( second to
Victoria!) • Recognition that inactive lifestyles are a huge
problem• Many pleasant walking routes, courteous drivers• Bike Plan unanimously supported by our council• Supportive mayor, some excellent city staff