Title: Commute Trip Reduction Plan Ordinance 

Municipality: Thurston County 

State: WA 

Reference: Ordinance 1368 3 

Web Site: www.halcyon.com/thurston 

Population: 161238 

Coverage: Countywide 

Impetus: To comply with state law RCW 70.94 

Start Date: 1993 

End Date: 

Goal: To establish program requirements that will promote alternative commute modes and reduce VMT per employee and proportion of SOV trips, decreasing traffic congestion, air pollution, and energy use. 

Hours: 

Target: Goals for miles traveled per employee shall not be less than 15% reduction from the worksite base year or base year value for the CTR zone in which it is located. By 1999, 25% reduction and 35% reduction by 2005. 

Results: 

Scope: Any affected employer at a single worksite within the city. 

Requirements: 

1. Affected Employer CTR Program development; 
2. Program description, 
3. mandatory program elements… that is an employee transportation coordinator, information distribution, annual progress report, employee survey, record keeping, and detailed additional 

Managing entity: Intercity Transit 

Monitor: Program description submittal and annual reports 

Enforce: Civil infraction and subject to the imposition of civil penalties pursuant to RCW 7.80 

Funding: