“Do You Get What You Incent?: A Virtual Discussion on Areawide Commuter Financial Incentives"

On April 25, 2007, the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) and the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) at the University of South Florida hosted a “virtual discussion” with a panel of transportation demand management (TDM) professionals who have been providing area-wide financial incentives across modes and/or who have mode-specific financial incentive programs. This event, led by co-moderators Donna Smallwood and Peter Valk, included a panel of experts who discussed how to provide rewards for changing travel behavior and use public resources cost effectively.  The streaming media recording also includes over 35 minutes of a lively question and answer period.  Questions were fielded from the estimated 125 attendees scattered in 24 locations around the country who heard the presentation live.

Presentations:

• Vanpool Incentive Programs That Work! by Cathy Blumenthal, King County Metro, email: Cathy.Blumenthal at METROKC.GOV
• Carpooling Makes $ense in New Jersey by Andrew Swords, New Jersey Department of Transportation, email: andrew.swords at dot.state.nj.us
• Rewarding the Right Behavior by Rick Steele, NuRide, contact: www.nuride.com/contact

Moderators:

• Donna Smallwood, MassRides/URS
• Peter Valk, TMS, Inc.

View the streaming media recording of the presentations  (You need Windows Media Player™  to view) (72 minutes)

After you viewed the presentation, please provide your feedback and topic suggestions for future netconferences

Copy of all the PowerPoint slides, including poll results (pdf) (937KB)

Links

List of all NCTR Netconferences

King County Metro Vanpool Incentive Program www.rideshareonline.com/fillitup

New Jersey DOT's Carpooling Makes $ense www.njcommuter.com

NuRide www.nuride.com

King County Vanpool Program Orientation course

ACT/NCTR's Paying for Performance: Cash for Commuters Netconference (11//4/04)

Atlanta's Cash for Commuters Fact Sheet

Submit a summary of your financial incentive program