"Gas Prices and TDM Responses – Opportunity or Chaos?" Virtual Discussion

On October 20, 2005,  the National Center for Transit Research’s National TDM and Telework Clearinghouse at the University of South Florida and the Association for Commuter Transportation held a net conference entitled "Gas Prices and TDM Responses – Opportunity or Chaos?"
 

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Overview:

Rapidly rising gas prices have substantially increased demand for various services and programs offered by transportation demand management (TDM) agencies all across the country. Increased strains on resources - financial, human, and capital - come from increased demands.  This "virtual discussion" was quickly organized to allow TDM programs to share how they are adjusting to these increases in demand. Over 20 TDM programs were represented.  Prior to the meeting, many of these agencies provided several slides documenting recent changes in demand in their markets, specifically changes in demand for vanpooling, ridematching requests, employer outreach, and online requests.   In addition,13 polling questions were posed to the group to get a sense of the demand and their actions to accommodate the demand,   Three speakers  in San Francisco, Washington, DC and Atlanta were featured to kick-off the discussion after quickly reviewing changes in their communities. They were followed by a group discussion and interaction amongst colleagues from major metropolitan rideshare agencies and state departments of transportation.  Finally, several ideas were presented related to what ACT and others could do to cope with these pressures.

This 87-minute session, moderated by Donna Smallwood, MassRIDES/URS Corporation, featured presentations from the following:

• Michael Halicki, Communications Director, Clean Air Campaign Atlanta
• Tad Widby Project Manager - 511 Regional Rideshare Program San Francisco 
• Nick Ramfos Chief, Alternative Commute Programs, Commuter Connections, Metropolitan Washington, DC Council of Governments Washington, DC
• Copy of all the PowerPoint slides, including poll results (pdf) (2.0 MB)

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Links

Bloomberg Energy Prices

Energy Information Administration

• Gasoline prices

• U.S. Energy Forecasts - Short Term

• Annual Energy Outlook 2005 with Projections to 2025