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Request to Authorize the Town Manager to Enter into an Agreement with Central Pines Regional Council for a FY25-26 Transportation Demand Management Grant.
PURPOSE: For the Town Council to consider authorizing the Town Manager to enter into an agreement with Central Pines Regional Council for the FY25-26 Transportation Demand Management Grant Program, Triangle Transportation Choices.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning & Transportation Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement The Town has participated in the regional transportation demand management program since 2011. Strategy 2.1(B) in Carrboro Connects recommends seeking to increase funding from the regional TDM program and partnering with surrounding transit authorities. Racial Equity pocket questions are provided as Attachment B.
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Information
INFORMATION: On February 6, 2024, the Town Council approved a resolution to submit an application for Central Pines Regional Council's FY25-26 Transportation Demand Management grant program, Triangle Transportation Choices. This is the first time the grant has been awarded for a two-year cycle.
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is the application of strategies and policies to reduce reliance on single-occupancy vehicles (SOV) by encouraging other options for travel such as carpooling, public transit, biking, walking, remote or teleworking, and flexible work schedules. The program provides up to 50-percent reimbursement of pre-approved activities designed to encourage behavior changes that lesson the demand for SOVs, such as the development and dissemination of promotional and informational materials, purchase of safety items such as bicycle lights and r...
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