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What's New in TDM

Strategic Marketing: The Truth About Gender and Generational Commuting Trends – and Its Consequences netconference

This 76 minute NCTR/ACT netconference held on May 27, 2009, featured presentations by Dr. Randall Crane, UCLA, "Does Gender Matter? Changes, Choices and Consequences for Transportation Policy" and John W. Martin, Southeastern Institute of Research & The Boomer Project, who presented "Using A Generational Lens to Advance Non-Drive Alone Alternatives in America". View on-demand streaming media presentation and download slides (5/28/09)

Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefit Rates for 2009 - Update

Employers may provide workers with up to $230 per month in tax-free transit and vanpool benefits in 2009. Effective March 2009, as part of the stimulus bill, the monthly limitation under Section 132(f)(2)(A) Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits regarding the aggregate fringe benefit exclusion amount for vanpools (commuter highway vehicles) and transit passes was increased from $120 to $230 per month. The monthly limitation under Section 132(f)(2)(B) regarding the fringe benefit exclusion amount for qualified parking is $230. Commuters can receive both the transit and parking benefits (i.e., up to $460 per month). Employers can allow employees to use pretax dollars to pay for transit passes, vanpool fares and parking.

Beginning in 2009, employees can be reimbursed up to $20 per month for biking to work. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110 343), added qualified bicycle commuting reimbursements to the types of qualified transportation fringe benefits. The benefit can not be combined with those other qualified transportation fringe benefits. More frequently asked questions on commuter tax benefits from our Help Desk

"Who Wants to Clean a Million Air" - a PowerPoint activity with 8 games with a series of 4 questions each to attract commuters to your booth. All questions are related to environment and transportation. Download PowerPoint or zip file (courtesy of Trans Canada Carpool.ca) (7/25/08)

Billboard advertising samples - (compilation by Lisa Kay Schweyer, Southwestern PA Commission CommuteInfo Program) (12/10/07)

NetConferences

View these on-demand streaming presentations and download slides.

Strategic Marketing: The Truth About Gender and Generational Commuting Trends – and Its Consequences (5/27/09)

Connecting Transportation Demand Management and Climate Change (2/16/09)

Are 3 Heads Better than 2? Formulating Carpool Policies for Managed Lanes (11/20/08)

The Future is Now: TDM Marketing in Today’s “Environment” (8/20/08)

Tips for Planning and Operating Successful Shuttles and Circulators (5/28/08)

Results from 2007 Employer TDM Program Benchmarking Survey (5/21/08)

Innovative Tools for Encouraging Bicycling: Online Bicycle Route Mapping (5/20/08)

Integrating Transportation Demand Management (TDM) into the Land Development Process

Other netconferences on topics of interest to the TDM professionals. Co-hosted with the Association for Commuter Transportation