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MANAGEMENT PLAN
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MEMORANDUM
June 29, 2000 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
Susy Kalkin
Mike Aranson
Richard Morehouse
Wendy J. Hoyt 1WJr-
Elizabeth L. Will~~s
RECEIVED
JUN 3 0 2000
PLANNING
FROM:
RE:
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Attached please find the TDM Plan for the development at Bay West
Cove. In meeting your deadline of June 30th, this Plan should be able to
be incorporated into the Administrative Draft EIR.
A few things are worth noting. First, the Slough Estates proposal for
parking is now 3.3/1,000 sq. ft. (City Code) which is a significant
improvement. We would hope that they would reduce their parking to
3.1/1,000 sq. ft. given that other City projects have successfully used this
lower ratio. As stated previously, the single greatest influences on mode
of transportation are parking pricing and the availability of parking.
Second, both applicants are agreeing to charge $20 or more for employee
(non-visitor) parking which IS a significant TDM measure and to their
credit, given that these two projects will be the first in the marketplace to
do so. Slough Estates is charging for both surface and structured
employee parking, and Hines Interests is charging for structured
employee parking.
Third, there are additional measures which may be considered at a future
date if the proposed measures do not achieve a 35% TDM participation.
However, given that this is a performance based TDM program, we are
not includmg them in the Plan. This approach affords the developers
maximum flexibility in the marketplace to determine what additional
measures to include should that be necessary to achieve the 35% ratio in
the future.
Lastly, the measure concerning transit pass subsidy has been
implemented at numerous projects in the Silicon/Sacramento Valleys with
good success and is often passed on to the tenants in their lease
agreements. We included a cap to protect the applicants in order to
contain the costs of this measure.
Thank you all for your assistance in preparing this Plan. We can be
reached at (916) 448-2440 to discuss any of the measures or the approach,
or you can email [email protected]@ns.net.
M. Lappen, via federal express
1. Sparks, via federal express
L. Burke, via U.s. mail
W. Rogalla, via U.s. mail
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1
1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................. 1
LOCATIONMAP .......................................................... 2
HINES SITE MAP .......................................................... 3
SLOUGH EST A TES SITE MAP ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4
2.0 EMPLOYEE MODE SPLIT EAST OF HIGHWAY 101 ....................... 5
3.0 PARKING MANAGEMENT ........................................... 5
Graph of Employee Mode Split ................................. . . . . . . .. 6
4.0 TRANSIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7
Transit Map ......................................................... 8
5.0 DESIGNATED CARPOOL SPACES/PREFERENTIAL PARKING........... 10
6.0 ON-SITE AMENITIES ................................................ 10
7.0 PERSONALIZED CARPOOL MATCHING/V ANPooL ASSISTANCE ..... 12
8.0 BICYCLE.STORAGE FACILITIES/BICYCLE MAP........................ 12
9.0 GUARANTEED RIDE HOME PROGRAM ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12
10.0 TRANSPORTATION COORDINATORS ................................ 14
11.0 TELECOMMUTING ................................................. 16
12.0 FLEXIBLE WORK HOURS ............................................ 16
13.0 KICK-OFF EVENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 16
14.0 ANNUAL REPORT .................................................. 17
15.0 CONCLUSION ..................................................... 17
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Traffic congestion and air pollution are critical concerns in maintaining a healthy
economy and lifestyle in the City of South San Francisco. Traffic congestion
results in time lost to residents and commuters, and increased demand on City
fiscal resources for roadway construction and maintenance. Mobile sources (the
automobile) account for 50% of the air pollution in South San Francisco.
The City of South San Francisco has directed the two developers of the Bay West
Cove area, Hines Interests and Slough Estates, to work together in the
.ereparation of a single, master planned Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) Plan. This comprehensive Plan is designed to achieve a 35% alternative
mode use which will address both traffic and air quality concerns in South San
Francisco.
The Plan includes 11 measures and an annual monitoring program. The Plan has
a variety of infrastructure and incentive based measures wnich encourage all
forms of alternative mode use: carpoollvanpool, transit/shuttles, bicycling,
walking, and telecommuting.
Perhaps the most important measures are those related to project parking. Both
projects have agreed to modest parking levels with Hines Iriterest ~roviding 15%
Iess parking for their office development (2.8/1,000 sq. ft.) than City code and
Slough Estates committing to building no more than coae (3.3/1,000 sq. ft.). Both
developers have agreed to charge at least $20 per month for parking which is
precedent setting for this part of the City.
The reduced parking levels and paid parking will help significantly to dampen
demand for smgle occupancy vehIcle (SOV) use. The additional measures sucn as
shuttles, carpoOl spaces, showers and bicycle facilities, and incentives including
transit pass subsidy', and the Guaranteed Ride Home program will provide
employees with viable alternatives to the SOY.
This Plan is performance based. The developers are required to achieve a 35%
alternative mode use by tenant employees. Annually the mode use will be
monitored and a report must be submitted to the City s Economic Community
Development Director by December 1st of each year.
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INTRODUCTION
In the Bay Area the hours of delay experienced by drivers is projected to increase
another 249% by the end of the year 2020.1
The Bay West Cove projects support the City of South San Francisco's policy of
focusing clustered cfevelopment along transportation corridors. These projects
are located near and served by Highway 101 and I-380, a Caltrain station, and
SamTrans bus stops.
The comprehensive plan of trip reduction measures identified in this report is
essential to realizing the trip reduction potential of the Bay West Cove projects.
The combination of these critical factors will provide the synergism to maintain a
35% trip reduction level for this project.
Through monitoring efforts such as the annual survey of employees to
determIne transportation mode split, Bay West Cove will be able to Detter focus
transportation coordination efforts and encourage tenant employees to use
alternative transportation. The modal split survey results will be submitted to the
City of South San Francisco on or before December 1st of each year.
1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Bay West Cove project includes 20 acres owned by Hines Interest, and 22
acres owned by Slough Estates.
The Bay West Cove projects proposed by Hines Interests and Slough Estates are
mixed use projects which by their design will help to reduce automobile trips.
The 20 acre project by Hines Interests is planned to include a 350 room hotel,
approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of retail space including a sit down restaurant, a
small general store or sundry shop, A TM and other support retail, and 600,000
sq. ft. of Class A office space. The Slough Estates development will include
600,000 sq. ft. of office/R & D (of which 10,000 sq. ft. is support retail/restaurant).
The Slough Estates project will also complete a portion of the San Francisco Bay
Trail and provide a 100 foot buffer between the trail and the development which
will include outdoor seating and picnic areas.
The projects will be designed to maximize opportunities for pedestrian and
bicycle connectivity. A separate project, the Gateway project located directly
across Oyster Point Boulevard includes amenities such as a par course, a
sandwich shop and a privately operated full service cafeteria (not open to the
public) which may be available for use by the (Hines) Bay West Cove tenants.
By the end of summer 2000, another sandwich shop called "Specialties" will be
open to the public.
The development is intended to be as self sufficient as possible in order to reduce
the number of trips made daily to and from the campus.
California Transit, November 1999, page 28.
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2.0 EMPLOYEE MODE SPLIT EAST OF HIGHWAY 101
The table on the following page indictes that somewhere between 23% to 29.5%
of employees working in the City of South San Francisco commute to work
using some alternative form of transportation, largely via carpooling or public
transi t.
The U.s. Census data indicates a 77% singe occupany vehicle (SOV) usage,
whereas the 1998 survey conducted by the Pennisula Congestion Relief Alliance
(PCRA) shows a 29.5% alternative mode usage. For purposes of this TDM Plan,
the authors asssumed the U.s. Census data was likely the better reflection of
mode split due to a larger sample size, and the fact that a more recent survey in
the Gateway area indicated a 7% shuttle/transit usage which is closer to the
Census figure.
Therefore, this TDM Plan will need to generate an increase in alternative modes
of approxiamtely 35% to 40% over the baseline conditions.
3.0 PARKING MANAGEMENT
Parking Supply/Reduction
Total parking spaces projected for both projects at full build-out is approximately
4,313. Total parking spaces by project are estimated at 2,100 and 2,213 for Hines
Interest and Slough Estates respectively. For the Slough Estates project, on-site
structure parking will be 1,511 parking spaces with surface parking at 702
spaces. Structurea parking for the office portion of the Hines Interest project is
approximately 1,000 spaces with surface parking at 800 spaces. Hotel parking is
estimated between 300 and 350 spaces.2
The ability and willingness to rideshare is directly linked to parking availability.
By not providing an overabundant supply of parking spaces at full build out, Bay
West Cove is laying the groundwork (or successful promotion of alternative
transportation. Preferentiaf parking spaces placed near the building entrances are
an excellent incentive and sends a clear visual message to employees and the
community that alternative transportation is important.
The City parking code for office is 3.3/1,000 sq. ft. Hines Interest is proposing a
2.8/1,000 sq. ft. parking ratio. The Slough Estates' current proposal is for
3.3/1,000 sq. ft. The single greatest influences on mode of transportation are
parking pricing and the availability of parking. Other similar developments in
the City of South San Francisco have successfully implemented parking at
3.1/1,000 sq. ft. and we encourage Slough Estates to modify their parking to
3.1/1,000 sq. ft.
2 Parking spaces for the Hines Interests hotel site are estimated between 300 and
350 per conversation 6/28/00 with Charles Leonard.
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Model Shares of South San Francisco Employees
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*1. People employed in South San Francisco; may live in the City or elsewhere
**2. Survey of South San Francisco employees by the Multi-City TSM.
Source: U.S. Census, 1990; 1990 crpP Statewide Element, Part C; PCRA
3 South San Francisco General Plan, pg 137, October 1999.
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Paid Parking
To encourage alternative mode usage, the developers of Bay West Cove will
implement an employee paid parking program for the first time in this area. The
Hines Interests developers are proposing to charge a minimum of $20 per
structured parking space per month for an employee single occupancy vehicle
(SOV) parking, and will provide free parking for carpools and vanpools. Slough
Estates will dlarge a fee for both structured and surface parking (non-visitor)
through a key card and decal system. Research has repeatedly shown that the
single biggest factor in selecting a mode of transportation is the cost of parking.
This is a very important measure to encouraging employees to get out of the
SOY.
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TRANSIT
Caltrain and Sam Trans as well as a future BART extension, all provide service to
South San Francisco in close proximity to the project site; as will a future BART
extension Sam Trans operates 7 express bus routes on Highway 101 and one
regular bus route on Airport Boulevard that serve the Caltrain station. A map of
rail and bus service to South San Francisco are included in this roM Plan.
Cal train
Caltrain operates frequent fixed route commuter rail service seven days a week
between San Francisco and San Jose, as well as limited service to and from Gilroy
on weekdays. Caltrain operates on weekdays from approximately 4:30 a.m. until
about 1:30 a.m. and on 15 to 30 minute frequencies during the peak periods in
the morning and evening. Midday service operates approximately every hour
and service runs about every hour between 7:00 p.m. and about midnight.
Service is less frequent on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
Caltrain service is available approximately three-fourths of a mile from Bay West
Cove at the South San Francisco station at Dubuque and Grand avenues and can
be reached by the Oyster Point Boulevard shuttle.
BART
Operating daily throughout the Bay Area providing convenient and timely
passenger rail services along fixed route lines. BART operates weekdays from
approxImately 4:15 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. with service every 15 minutes during peak
periods (from the East Bay to Glen Park Station 6:15 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. and 4:25
p.m. - 6:00 p.m). Service during Holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays are modified.
BART-to -the-Airport construction is currently underway to expand the system
by an additional 7.5 miles along the peninsula from Colma to a new multi-modal
station in Millbrae. Four new stations will be created including a South San
Francisco station located between El Camino Real and Mission Road to the south
of new Hickey Boulevard.
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Sam Trans
SamTrans provides bus service throughout San Mateo County, with connections
to the Colma and Daly City BART stations, San Francisco International Airport,
Peninsula Caltrain stations and downtown San Francisco.
The system connects with San Francisco Muni, AC Transit and Golden Gate
Transit at San Francisco's Transbay Terminal, with the Dumbarton Express and
with Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in Menlo Park and Palo Alto.
SamTrans service east of Highway 101 area is provided by one regular bus
(#292) route along Airport Boulevard. Weekday service runs every 30 minutes
during the 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and every 20 minutes during peak evening
period between 4;00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. After 6:00 p.m. until midnight, service is
once per hour beginning at 25 minutes after each flour. There is no regular route
service yet provided in the specific Bay West Cove area.
Downtown Dasher Taxi Service
This taxi service provides 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. pick-up service throughout the East
Highway 101 business parks in South San Francisco. Using existing shuttle stops,
taxis drops off riders at one of two drop-off locations in the downtown retail
area. The Downtown Dasher, operated by the Peninsula Yellow Cab of South
San Francisco and managed by the PCRA, requires an employer provided
voucher and a trip reservation before 10 a.m. This midday service is currently
free to participating employers for the next 6 to 12 months.
Ferry Service
Currently, no scheduled water transit service exists in the Bay West Cove area.
Shuttle S~rvice To Bay West Cove
The proposed Bay West Cove campus is approximately three-fourths of a mile
from the South San Francisco Caltrain station.
Working with the Peninsula Congestion Relief Alliance (PCRA) the project is
proposing to implement a comprehensive shuttle system with both peak period
and lunch time service. The Hines Interest project intends to operate their shuttle
service via a private contractor. Using 47 to 55 passenger shuttle vehicles in the
a.m. and p.m. peak periods, these shuttles will circulate between the South San
Francisco BART station and the project at either 15 or 30 minute frequencies. The
project will also operate 30 minutes frequency shuttle service between the South
San Francisco Caltrain station and the project in the a.m. and p.m. peak.
To compliment these peak period shuttles, the project (Hines Interest) is
proposing to encourage tenants through marketing and PR to participate in the
Downtown Dasher lunch time shuttle as an alternative to employees getting into
their cars at lunch time. The shuttle operates on an on-call baSIS between
downtown South San Francisco (and potentially other locations) and the project.
This pilot service is currently free but requires a reservation. Within the next 6 to
12 months the service will require employer participation in a voucher
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system supported by the City of South San Francisco, East of 101 Employers,
and the merchant's association.
Transit Subsidy Program/Commuter Check
A transit subsidy of $25 per month will be offered to the tenant employees of
Bay West Cove (to a maximum of 10% of employees). The subsidy will be in the
form of Commuter Check vouchers and can be redeemed to purchase tickets for
Caltrain, BART, and SamTrans bus services.
Transit pass subsidies by employers of as little as $15 per month have shown a
63% increase in monthly pass sales in other jurisdictions.
. 5.0 DESIGNATED CARPOOL SPACES/PREFERENTIAL PARKING
One effective means of encouraging employees to rideshare and/or use clean
fuel vehicles is to reserve the most preferred parking spaces for the exclusive use
of carpools and vanpools. These preferred parking spaces would be designated
with signage and pavement striping.
Upon completion of this project, a minimum of 10% of employee surface and
structure parking will be designated for carpool, vanpool, and clean fuel vehicles.
Bay West Cove will provide these spaces in premium, convenient locations (i.e.,
near parking garage elevators, close to buildings, in the shade, etc.). Flextime
commuters would have access to remaining spots and all other parking will be
open to visitors after 9:30 a.m.
6.0 ON-SITE PROJECT AMENITIES
On-site amenities provide employees with a full service work environment.
Eliminating the need for an automobile to make midday trips increases non-
drive alone rates. Many times employees perceive that they are dependent upon
the drive alone mode because of the number of errands and activities that must
be carried out in different locations. By reducing this dependence through the
provision of services and facilities at the work site, an increase in alternative
mode usage for commute-based trips should be realized.
Automatic Teller Machine
Bay West Cove will provide an automatic teller machine (A TM) on-site and
located in a central location. This will better enable employees commuting via
alternative modes of transportation to complete banking transactions on their
lunch hour or break without needing an automobile to make an off-site trip.
On-Site Child Care
The project will include on-site child care as an employee amenity. The demand
for child care may likely be greater than supply, therefore the project will use
this project component to further attract employees to alternative modes of
transportation. Employees will fill out a verification form to participate in this
program. A special aspect of this child care service will be that priority access will
be given to those employees who commute via an alternative mode of
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transportation (an alternative mode use employee will be placed at the top of
any waiting list). Employees who commute to work via singfe occupancy venicle
(SOV) will be given a lower priority on the waiting list.
This measure is subject to environmental sign-off on child care use on this site by
the Regional Water Quality Board (RWQB); if not approved by the RWQB, the
child care will need to be located off-site.
This child care commuter link has proven to reduce commute-based SOV trips to
work-sites nationwide. This important link allows for increased carpooling
among employees and families which significantly decreases regional congestion
and improves non-drive use to the work-site.
Parents with responsibility for child care transportation are 50% less likely to ride
public transit than those not required to take their children to day care.
According to Caltrans, the typical one-way child care trip is four miles in length
resulting in 2,000 extra miles traveled per person per year, and 85 pounds of
pollutants. Caltrans states that 20% of working women and 5-10% of working
men have child care transportation responsibilities. If those women and men are
to be persuaded to use alternative modes of transportation, then on-site child
care is necessary.
Electric VehicIe Charging
The parking structures will be wired with the necessary conduit to support a
minimum of two electric vehicle charging stations each.
Shower and Clothes Lockers
Showers and clothing lockers will be installed to facilitate employees walking and
biking to :work for those who wish to change after commuting via alternative
transportation. Two (2) showers and 20 locker facilities will be installed in each of
the buildings for every 500 employees.
The showers will be centrally and conveniently located near bicycle storage
facilities. In the case of the Class I bicycle parking which will be contained in tne
structured parking, via lockers or an encTosed cage with key or keypad access,
the showers may be located one to four minutes away by foot.
Information Kiosk
An information kiosk(s) will be located internal to each of the buildings in a
common gathering area, such as cafeteria. The kiosk(s) will contain
transportation information, including project shuttles, SamTrans, Caltrain, BART,
Downtown Dasher, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters, Inc. and other related
information. Information will be updated periodically by the Transportation
Coordinator.
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7.0 PERSONALIZED CARPOOL MATCHING AND V ANPOOL ASSISTANCE
Bay West Cove's Transportation Coordinator will establish a Personalized
Matching Assistance (PMA) program for employees. Employees will be given a
list of fellow employees who live in the same general area, who travel to work at
the same time and would be willing to carpool. The Transportation Coordinator
(TC) will assist Bcry West Cove's employees with carpool formation. This can be
done through RIDES for Bay Area Commuters; Bay West Cove supplies the
application, which is then sent to RIDES and SMARTPool for vanpooling
coordina tion.
A vanpool program will improve the parking situation on the site, since a
vanpool vehicle can accommodate 10 to 12 individuals. Vanpooling helps reduce
stress to the commuter and can save time and money. RIDES for Bay Area
Commuters will assist in all aspects of setting up a vanpool program for Bay
West Cove.
8.0 BICYCLE STORAGE FACILITIES/BICYCLE MAP
Free Class I and Class II bicycle parking facilities will be provided on site as
follows:
Commercial, R&D, and office uses: one bicycle space for every 50 vehicle
t>paces required for employees.
Restaurants, retail: one bicycle space for every 50 vehicle spaces required.
All bicycle parking and facilities shall be located in convenient, safe and well-lit
areas with maximum space for ingress and egress of bicycles. The project has
outstanding connections to regional bicycle facilities, specifically the San
Francisco Bay Trail. The Bay Trail is a network of multi-use pathways circling San
Francisco and San Pablo Bays. Currently, approximately 150 miles the ultimate
route is planned to be a 400 mile route through all nine Bay Area counties and 42
shoreline cities. The trail provides commuters an exceptional pathway to bicycle
or walk to work at Bay West Cove which has a direct linkage to the Trail.
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A map of surrounding bikeways will be included in the TDM Plan.
9.0 GUARANTEED RIDE HOME PROGRAM
One of the primary reasons commuters refuse to try carpooling or public transit
is the loss of the ability to leave work unexpectedly due to an emergency or the
fear of being stranded should they have to work late. Employers In Southern
California and Seattle who have guaranteed their employees a ride home in the
case of an emergency or having to unexpectedly work late have found it a
tremendous incentive to get employees to try ridesharing and get them to stay
in a ridesharing program.
An attitude survey of 1,650 employers in Southern California showed that a
Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) program was the number one incentive for
employees to rideshare. A similar survey in Seattle, Washington, showed that
having access to a GRH program was an important factor for 70% of those who
chose to rideshare and was an important factor for 50% in continuing to
rideshare.
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The GRH program provides the employee with a security blanket, a feeling of
reassurance that if a child becomes ilf or injured during the day the employee can
get to them quickly. If an employee has to work late and misses their bus or
carpool, or if their vanpool breaks down, they are guaranteed a ride home.
Employers in Southern California have shown an increase in ridesharing of
15-20% when a GRH program is available to employees.
10.0 TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR
Ms. Lisa Burke will be the Hines Interests Transportation Coordinator for the
Bay West Cove project. The Slough Estates Transportation Coordinator for the
Bay West Cove project has yet to be identified. Ms. Burke and the Slough Estates
Coordinator will work with designated tenant contacts to coordinate the
transportation programs.
Bay West Cove will designate a Transportation Coordinator whose
responsibility includes the shuttle, transit pass subsidy, and all Rideshare and
Spare the Air programs. The Transportation Coordinator will have duties and
primary responsi1:5ility for transportation demand management (TDM) issues
and for implementing this TDM P1an.
The Transportation Coordinator duties will be filled by:
Name:
Hines Interest
Ms. Lisa Burke
Slough Estates
To be determined
Address:
101 California, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94111
33 West Monroe Street, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60603
E-mail:
Phone:
(415) 982-6200
(312) 558-9100
The Transportation Coordinator(s) (TC) will provide the following services and
functions:
1. Catalog all existing incentives that encourage employees to utilize
alternative transportation programs and aggressively market programs
to employees.
2. Develop and maintain liaison with employees, neighboring employment
centers, regional and local ridesharing programs.
3. Coordinate and manage various aspects of the TDM Plan that require
periodic update or monitoring, such as carpool and vanpool registration,
parking assignment and enforcement, (locker assignment and
enforcement and flextime work schedules).
4. Coordinate the transportation needs of the project with other area
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projects, specifically related to alternative modes of transportation such as
vanpooling.
Provide information and resource materials on the full range of
transportation choices available to employees of the development.
Provide up-to-date transit information.
Provide direct on-site sale or disbursement of Commuter Check.
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Provide information to bicyclists regarding designated bike routes in the
Bikeways Master Plan, and on-site support facilities.
Post informational materials, specific to commute alternatives, via e-mail
and lobby posting.
Conduct an annual survey of employee commute methods and submit
summarized results to the South San Francisco Economic and Community
Development Department as part of the annual reporting process.
Evaluate survey results for alternative transportation potential.
Encourage flextime and other work schedule adjustments to
accommodate employee's chosen alternative mode.
Designated Employer Contact
To ensure that the TDM Plan is implemented by the tenants, language will be
included into all of the tenant leases. The lease language will be worded similar
to: "Traffic: Tenant hereby agrees to designate one of zts employees to act as a liaison
with Landlord (see section 9.0) to facilitate and coordinate such programs as may be
required by governmental agencies to reduce the traffic generated by Bay West Cove as
required by the City of South San Francisco as part of conditions of approval and to
facilitate the use of public transportation."
New Tenant Employee Information Packet
At the time of move-in all tenants will distribute an Employee Transportation
Information Packet to all employees commuting to the Bay West Cove site. This
packet will include (but not be limited to) information about the carpool parking
program, SamTrans, Caltrain, BART and shuttle schedules and maps, and a
Bicycle map.
Personalized Matching Assistance
Utilizing RIDES for Bay Area Commuters, Inc., tenant employees will be able to
join a cfatabase and receive a list of fellow employees who live in the same
general area, who travel to work at the same time, and would be willing to
carpool or vanpool. This existing matching service is managed by RIDES and
would not be handled by the developer or tne tenant.
Currently, the PCRA is offering a new incentive program through 2001 to
encourage drive alone commuters to try vanpooling as a viable commute
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option. The incentive program offers cash subsidies for eligible San Mateo
County vanpoolers and van drivers.
Guaranteed Ride Home Program
Working with the Peninsula Congestion Relief Alliance the project will provide a
Guaranteed Ride Home program for tenant employees who use non-drive alone
modes of transportation and need a ride home in an emergency. On-going
promotion of the program is necessary to continually attract alternative
transportation commuters.
11.0 TELECOMMUTING
Telecommuting reduces both traffic and the need for employee parking.
The Bay West Cove project is located near major fiber optic lines. At a minimum,
conduit and necessary infrastructure will be available for future tenants to link to
these lines. While fiber optic wiring does not directly result in fewer vehicle trips
to the site, it does provide the infrastructure necessary for a future tenant to
implement a telecommute program that could result in fewer vehicle trips.
Hines Interests has entered into a strategic alliance with a "broad band"
company to provide a full range of services including: video conferencing, and
access to file servers. This state of the art technology will allow easy
downloading of major files such as CAD files, lengthy legal documents, and
operating multiple programs at the same time. They wilT have satellite capability
to encourage wireless telecommunications.
12.0 FLEXIBLE WORK HOURS
A flextime window allows employees to arrive at and leave work outside of the
traditional hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This policy allows flexible schedules for
ridesharing purposes and helps reduce traffic congestion by flattening out the
peak period. On-going promotion of this program is necessary to continually
attract alternative transportation commuters. The Hines Interest is developing a
strong technical system and strategic alliances with providers of the following
services: video teleconferencing, satellite capabilities, maximum broad band
width capability allowing for dual downloading and video view simultaneously,
and remote server access for greater telecommuting access.
13.0 KICK-OFF EVENT
Upon 50% of the tenant occupancy of each of their portions of the Bay West
Cove project, Hines Interests and Slough Estates will host a commute alternative
kick-off event! celebration. Transportation service providers, such as Sam Trans,
Caltrain, and RIDES for Bay Area Commuters, Inc., will be invited to set-up
exhibit booths. To encourage participation in the event, Hines Interests and
Slough Estates will provide food, such as popcorn, hot dogs and refreshments,
and give-a-ways, such as commuter mugs, water bottles, t-shirts, etc. Hines
Interest and Slough Estates will set the date for the event and advertise the event
at least two weeks in advance.
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14.0 ANNUAL REPORT
An Annual Report will be a critically important part of a monitoring process to
determine the success or failure of TDM measures. This report, via results from an
employee survey distributed and collected by the employee Transportation
Coordinator, will provide quantitative data (e.g., mode split) and qualitative data
(e.g., employee perception of the alternative transportation programs). This data
may then be used to focus TDM marketing and the efforts of tne Transportation
Coordinator. TDM programs could be retooled, if necessary, to maintain Bay West
Cove's 35% total trip reouction commitment at the site.
The Annual Report will be submitted to the City of South San Francisco on or before
December 1st each year.
15.0 CONCLUSION
The Bay West Cove developers are committed to achieve and maintain a 35%
employee alternative mode use at their proposed projects. This TDM Plan, which
provides the detail of their commitment, is tEe most aggressive TDM Plan ever filed
with the City of South San Francisco.
By balancing air quality with economic growth, Bay West Cove will help South San
Francisco thrive as a community. It is projects like these that will contribute to South
San Francisco's livelihood.
The Bay West Cove project supports the policies of focusing clustered development
along transportation corridors (Highway 101 and I-380), and transit corridors
(Caltrain ana SamTrans).
In order to be/art of the transportation solution, Bay West Cove is proposing a
master planne campus which contains the density and critical mass necessary to
encourage the use of all alternative modes of transportation including bicycIing,
carpooling, vanpooling, and public transit. It must maintain the currentfy proposed
mix of offIce uses, recreational facilities, and food services. It must also work closely
with SamTrans, Caltrain, and BART to maximize employee ridership on bus and rail.
With this TDM Plan and annual monitoring, Bay West Cove is committed to support
alternative transportation and to a 35% employee alternative mode usage.
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