[TRU Research] Fwd: articles

Thu Aug 8 07:36:31 PDT 2019

Hi all,

Great meeting last night. See below and attached for the articles I mentioned, which Jim offered to review. I figured I’d share this with the whole group in case anyone else is also interested in perusing.

I hadn’t seen any of these before Linda shared them. The only thing I’ve found by doing a quick internet search is this piece of the 2008 Seattle Urban Mobility Plan <https://www.ctc-n.org/sites/www.ctc-n.org/files/resources/07_seattle_best_practices_in_transportation_demand_management.pdf> which states: “universal transit passes are usually extremely effective means to reduce the number of car trips in an area; reductions in car mode share of 4% to 22% have been documented, with an average reduction of 11%. By removing any cost barrier to using transit, including the need to search for spare change for each trip, people become much more likely to take transit to work or for non-work trips.”

Enjoy!
Katie

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Linda Whang <lcwhang at uw.edu>
> Subject: articles
> Date: July 3, 2019 at 3:12:05 PM PDT
> To: Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
> 
> Hi Katie,
> 
> Because I'm a librarian, I did a quick search and found some articles that might help with the writing of the position paper (listed below with a quote, and attached).  Apologies if you've already seen these!  Please feel free to use them or not....  
> 
> Block-Schachter, D., & Attanucci, J. (2008). Employee Transportation Benefits in High Transit Mode Share Areas: University Case Study. Transportation Research Record, 2046(1), 53–60. https://doi.org/10.3141/2046-07 <https://doi.org/10.3141/2046-07>
>  <https://doi.org/10.3141/2046-07>This is a pretty dense article that weighs the pros and cons of different transit pass/parking models. 
> 
> Brown, J., Hess, D. B., & Shoup, D. (2003). Fare-Free Public Transit at Universities: An Evaluation. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 23(1), 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X03255430 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X03255430>
> "The substantial mode shifts caused by BruinGO refute the common assumption that fare-free transit cannot entice 
> commuters from their cars. Transit ridership for commuting to campus increased by 56 percent during BruinGO’s first year, and solo driving fell by 20 percent. Because these startling results were achieved in a city famous for its addiction to cars, they suggest that Unlimited Access can work almost anywhere."
> 
> Dong, H., Ma, L., & Broach, J. (2016). Promoting sustainable travel modes for commute tours: A comparison of the effects of home and work locations and employer-provided incentives.International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 10(6), 485–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2014.1002027 <https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2014.1002027>
> "Furthermore, we found that employer-provided financial incentives, in particular, parking fees at workplaces and the provision of subsidized transit passes, could also be very efficient policy levers to encourage commuters to use more sustainable commute modes, especially public transit."
> 
> Ghimire, R., & Lancelin, C. (2019). The relationship between financial incentives provided by employers and commuters’ decision to use transit: Results from the Atlanta Regional Household Travel Survey. Transport Policy, 74, 103–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.11.005 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.11.005>
> "We find that employees who were provided free or subsidized transit pass had 156% higher odds to commute on transit, but employees who were provided free or subsidized parking had 71% lower odds to commute on transit, all else equal, compared to their counterparts."
> 
> I guess the UW already provides a "subsidized" UPass, so that might dilute the above arguments.  Is there any data on how many pro staff, faculty, librarians opt out of getting a UPass because of cost?  
> 
> -Linda
> 
> LINDA WHANG
> First Year Experience Librarian
> Undergraduate Student Success Team
> University of Washington Libraries
> 206.685.7590 / lcwhang at uw.edu <mailto:lcwhang at uw.edu>
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