<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hadn’t seen any of these before Linda shared them. The only thing I’ve found by doing a quick internet search is <a href="https://www.ctc-n.org/sites/www.ctc-n.org/files/resources/07_seattle_best_practices_in_transportation_demand_management.pdf" class="">this piece of the 2008 Seattle Urban Mobility Plan</a> 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.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enjoy!</div><div class="">Katie</div>
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Linda Whang <<a href="mailto:lcwhang@uw.edu" class="">lcwhang@uw.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">articles</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">July 3, 2019 at 3:12:05 PM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Katie Wilson <<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org" class="">katie@transitriders.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Hi Katie,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">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.... <br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span id="cls-response" class="cls-response">Block-Schachter, D., & Attanucci, J. (2008). Employee Transportation Benefits in High Transit Mode Share Areas: University Case Study.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Transportation Research Record</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">2046</i>(1), 53–60.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3141/2046-07" id="LPlnk835790" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://doi.org/10.3141/2046-07</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span id="cls-response" class="cls-response"><a href="https://doi.org/10.3141/2046-07" id="LPlnk835790" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"></a></span>This is a pretty dense article that weighs the pros and cons of different transit pass/parking models.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span id="cls-response" class="cls-response">Brown, J., Hess, D. B., & Shoup, D. (2003). Fare-Free Public Transit at Universities: An Evaluation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Journal of Planning Education and Research</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">23</i>(1), 69–82.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X03255430" id="LPlnk493061" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X03255430</a></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">"The substantial mode shifts caused by BruinGO refute the common assumption that fare-free transit cannot entice </div>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."<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div class="">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.<i class="">International Journal of Sustainable Transportation</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">10</i>(6), 485–494.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2014.1002027" class="">https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2014.1002027</a></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">"<span class="">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.</span><span style="left: 99.5905px; top: 522.489px; font-size: 14.9438px; font-family: sans-serif;" class="">"</span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div class="">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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Transport Policy</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">74</i>, 103–113.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.11.005" class="">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.11.005</a><br class=""></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">"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."</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div id="Signature" class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class="">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? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class="">-Linda<br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><b class=""><font size="2" face="Open Sans" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-weight: bold;" class=""><strong class=""><b class=""><font face="Open Sans" class=""><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">LINDA WHANG</font></span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""></span></font><br class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""></span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">First Year Experience Librarian</span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Undergraduate Student Success Team</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">University of Washington Libraries<br class=""></span></font></div><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""></span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#404040" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">206<strong class="">.</strong>685.7590 /<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lcwhang@uw.edu" class="">lcwhang@uw.edu</a><i class=""><span style="font-style: italic;" class=""></span></i></span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><font size="3" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><font size="2" face="Open Sans" color="gray" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: gray;" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>