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Triangle Transportation Choices FY22 Annual Impact Report (15 minutes)
Jenna Kolling, Triangle J Council of Governments
Josh Michael, Triangle J Council of Governments
Dale McKeel, LPA Staff
Narrative
The Triangle Transportation Choices program is a transportation demand management (TDM) grant program administered by Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG) staff that provides funding on an annual basis for local and regional TDM programs, innovative projects, and equity-based initiatives that encourage Triangle residents and workers to use carpooling, vanpooling, transit, biking, walking, teleworking, flexible work hours, and compressed workweeks.
Since its inception in 2007, the program’s outreach and marketing efforts have reduced over 750 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the region. The program is constantly working towards continuous improvement by enhancing its evaluation and monitoring efforts, improving service-area prioritization models, and, most recently, expanding the program’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) outreach efforts. The program is funded by DCHC MPO, Capital Area MPO, and the NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division.
The FY22 Annual Impact Report for the Triangle Transportation Choices program calculates reductions in vehicle trips, vehicle miles traveled, and vehicular emissions resulting from TDM programs funded during fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022). In FY22, The Triangle Transportation Choices Program awarded 16 grants totaling $1,429,345. The program’s efforts in FY22 supported 51,000 alternative transportation users daily. Over the entire year, 5.1 million single-occupancy vehicle trips were avoided and over 64 million commute miles reduced.
In addition, the FY22 grantees were encouraged to conduct outreach events and education efforts in neighborhoods with high concentrations of inequities due to residents' race/ethnicity, income, and vehicle ownership. Despite initial setbacks and pandemic-related limitations, 49 outreach events targeted to DEI communities in the region were conducted with over 4,000 attendees, providing a benchmark for expanding TDM outreach in historically underserved neighborhoods. The program also hired a local DEI consultant for leading and facilitating a series of six interactive DEI sessions.
Board Action
TC Action: Received the presentation on the Triangle Transportation ChoicesFY22 Annual Impact Report and provided comments.
Board Action: Receive the presentation on the Triangle Transportation ChoicesFY22 Annual Impact Report and provide comments.