Towards More Sustainable Transportation at UMD David Allen Director, Department of Transportation Services (DOTS) 1
DOTS History “Transit Dependent Student”
“If you build it they will come.” UMD Parking
Low Income
Off Campus
ShuttleUM
More garages
More garages
More cars
1999: Parking expanded fleet to pick up students who could drive, thus removing commuter vehicles from campus 2002: Shuttle-UM and Parking Services merged creating DOTS 2004: Park and Rides and Intra-Campus service offered to further reduce commuter vehicles 2
Sustainable Transformation DOTS continues to search for innovative operational solutions with the lowest possible environmental impact. Additionally, we seek to change the behavior of students long after they graduate.
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Qualitative Decision Making • We gather information and recommendations from various stakeholders comprising of faculty, staff and students. • We also engage in collaborative efforts with various offices including the Office of Sustainability, Off-Campus Student Involvement, Campus Police, Campus Recreation and Stamp Student Union and others. • RESULTS – – – –
CIER Survey Student Organization Resolutions Joint Programming C-TAC Recommendations
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Quantitative Decision Making Shuttle-UM
Parking
Ridership Data
Lot Inventories
• Allows for determination of headways and the number of buses required.
• Determines capacity of a lot
Stop Analysis • Allows for adjustment of stop on a route.
Permit Analysis • Determines demand
Zip Code Analysis • Determines GHG impact 5
Ridership Data Ridership data is collected and analyzed by semester, by day of the week and by run.
Campus demand results in multiple peaks and valleys of demand due to class schedules. As a result, a bus can be full to capacity at 1:30 and almost empty at 2:40 and full again at 3:30. 6
Address Data Cluster map showing local addresses for students holding commuter student permits.
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Address Data We can isolate an address, such as U-View, to determine the number of permits in the area.
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Greenhouse Gas Emission Data (GHG)
Vehicle Count
30.5 30 29.5 29 28.5 28 27.5 27 26.5 26
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Vehicle Counts
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
Fuel Efficiency (MPG)
Collaborations with the Office of Sustainability have resulted in sophisticated analyses of our green house gas emissions (GHG)
UM Student - Domestic Cars - 2009 Fleet Count 180 31.5 and Efficiency 31
Count: 1,718 ; 17% of fleet Average Fuel Efficiency: 29.05 MPG
Year
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Sustainable Initiatives Current • Bike Program • Hybrid Buses • Park and Rides • Zimride • Zipcar • License Plate Recognition Technology • BioDots
Future? • Parking restrictions • Vanpools • Carbon footprint based permit fees
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Where are we now?
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Parking Supply and Demand Parking Supply & Demand # of Spaces
21,000 20,500 20,000 19,500 19,000 18,500 18,000
Gross Parking Supply Net Parking Supply Parking Demand
FY 08
FY 09
FY FY FY 10 11 12 Fiscal Year
FY 13
FY 14
SUPPLY & DEMAND Gross Parking Supply Net Parking Supply Parking Demand Variance (net supply vs. demand) memo: Buffer1
FY 08 21,154 20,404 20,090
FY 09 20,988 20,238 19,680
FY 10 19,856 19,106 19,106
FY 11 19,483 18,733 18,733
FY 12 19,446 18,696 18,696
FY 13 19,846 19,096 19,096
FY 14 19,846 19,096 19,055
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750
750
750
750
750
750
Note1: Buffer represents overflow and special demand (Maryland Day, History Day, etc.) requirements *Analysis completed12 in 2008
Shuttle-UM and Alternate Transportation Ridership Details Route
Ridership
General Use
Ridership
%change
2002
2009
1,224,757
2,627,029
2004
2009
Campus Connector North
68,245
78,143
14.5%
Campus Connector South
13,497
47,350
251%
2004
2009
Laurel
3,704
8,897
140%
Burtonsville
2,761
11,364
311%
Bowie
4,503
8,223
96%
Intra-campus Service
Park and Ride
Two Wheel Vehicle Bicycles Scooters
Registration
118%
%change
2008
2009
280
910
2008
2009
n/a
180
225% n/a 13
What’s Next? President Mote signed the Climate Action Plan. This plan calls for zero emissions by 2050. Suggested milestones for reducing the commuter carbon footprint are as follows: • By 2015 – a reduction of 3,450 commuter permits (7,659 MTCO2e annually by 2015); • 2015‐2020 – a reduction of an additional 1,200 commuter permits (an additional 2,664 MTCO2e annually by 2020, >10,323 annually post 2020); • 2020‐2025 – a reduction of an additional 1,200 commuter permits (an additional 2,664 MTCO2e annually by 2025, >12,987 annually, post 2025); and • 2025‐2050 – a reduction of an additional 6,050 commuter permits (an additional 13,431 MTCO2e annually by 2050, >26,418 annually, post 2050). 14
How much is 3450?
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Fixed vs. Variable Permit Costs D.O.T.S. FY10 BUDGETED EXPENSES Unrelated Other Operational Expenses, 4,326,761 , 29%
Variable Permit Expenses, 1,290,351 , 9%
Mandatory Expenses, 4,355,988 , 30% Mandatory Expenses Core Expenses Shuttle Expenses Unrelated Other Operational Expenses Variable Permit Expenses
Shuttle Expenses, 3,218,781 , 22%
Core Expenses, 1,508,525 , 10%
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Permit Reduction Savings $1,500,000
D.O.T.S. Variable Permit Impact $1,290,351
$1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $500,000
Amount available to apply to revenue shortfall from 3450
$352,632
$250,000 $0
27.3% 3,450 Permit Reduction Savings
100.0% Total Variable Permit Expenses 17
Revenue Shortfall Revenue Shortfall $2,500,000.00 $2,000,000.00
Revenue shortfall if all 3450 permits came from student commuters.
$1,393,800.00
$1,500,000.00 $1,000,000.00
$2,087,250.00
Revenue Shortfall $734,850.00
$500,000.00 $$213.00
$404.00
$605.00 18
Financial Constraints Savings
$352,632
Shortfall
-$734,859
Developer MOUs
COST $382,277 The cost increases if: •Shuttle services increase to meet added demand •Any of the reduced permits are faculty or staff
Parking subsidizes Shuttle budget Fee increases must be under 3% a year High Sensitivity to fee increases
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How committed are we?
Only if someone else pays for it.
Only in boom years.
The environment is priceless.
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