April 26 – Co-Sponsoring FHWA Workshop for Greater Portland on Contemporary Approaches to TDM Planning

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We’re excited to offer a great opportunity for local municipalities and practitioners to learn more about contemporary Transportation Demand Management (TDM) planning and ways to increase the use of TDM measures in the Greater Portland region.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will be delivering this one day, no-cost workshop on April 26 at the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG)/Portland Area Comprehensive System (PACTS), 970 Baxter Boulevard, Suite 201, in Portland. Please save the date on your calendar and Register Here Now.

Those encouraged to attend are:

• transportation planners
• traffic management professionals
• transit operations staff
• transportation demand management (TDM) professionals
• others interested in vehicle trip reduction planning

Key Workshop Takeaways – participants will:

1. Identify opportunities to broaden the scope of demand management beyond traditional alternative commute mode programs and to address emerging issues, such as shared mobility.
2. Identify how to build institutional capability to support effective demand management.
3. Develop an action plan for improving integration of demand management into existing and future planning activities.

Agenda Overview
Morning:

• Introduction to the Workshop
• Overview about Demand Management/Executive Summary
• TDM and Planning Integration in the Region: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities
• Emerging Approaches, Strategies, and New Directions for Demand Management: Shared Mobility and Integrating TDM and Traffic Operations

Lunch in the Neighborhood – purchase your own tasty take-out from nearby eateries and continue the conversation
 
Afternoon:

• TDM and Planning Assessment Exercise
• Discussion: Opportunities to Integrate Additional Demand Management into the Planning Efforts in the Region
• Action Plan Development
• Wrap-Up

You can see more about the workshop in this FHWA flier. The workshop is co-sponsored by GPCOG, PACTS, the Maine Division of the Federal Highway Administration, and Cushman Transportation Consulting, LLC.

Looking forward to it and hope you can join us!