HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIC 2020-08-17 Item 2A - Grant Application - Transportation Demand ManagementCity of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
FROM: Jack Pace, Department of Community Development
BY: Alison Turner, Sustainable Transportation Program Manager
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: August 11, 2020
SUBJECT: TDM Regional Mobility Grant Application
ISSUE
The Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program is asking for approval to apply for a
WSDOT Regional Mobility Grant.
BACKGROUND
The TDM Program was awarded and is currently administering a July 2019 — June 2021
Regional Mobility Grant (RMG). A new funding award will enable the TDM Program to continue
providing regional TDM services in Tukwila and partner cities in South King County including
Burien, Des Moines, Kent, Renton and SeaTac.
DISCUSSION
The scope of the proposed 4-year (July 2021 — June 2025) $840,000 project is to provide TDM
programming and services to employers, residents, commuters and visitors in Tukwila and
partner cities to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality in South King County. By
providing transportation information, resources and incentives, the project will encourage a
mode shift away from driving alone and increase the use of transit, carpooling, active
transportation, telecommuting, and new mobility services.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There will be no impact to the general fund. Local match (20% of the project budget, $168,000)
will be provided by the City's TDM Allocation (formerly called Commute Trip Reduction) plus
funding from a federal 2023-2024 CMAQ grant and/or local in -kind funding from the Port of
Seattle or King County Metro should there be any. If for some reason this funding does not get
secured, the total project amount could be reduced to $742,050 so that the match requirement
can be fulfilled by the secured TDM Allocation funds alone.
RECOMMENDATION
Committee decision to apply for the grant.
ATTACHMENT
Tukwila TDM Concept.pdf
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The Regional Mobility Grant Program supports local efforts to improve connectivity between counties and
regional population centers, and reduce transportation delay. This program is supported exclusively by state
funding. The program funds:
New transit services
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Transportation demand management programs
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To apply for a 2021-2023 Regional Mobility Grant, you must first submit a concept.
WSDOT engineers and transportation demand management experts will review your concept.
Only reviewed concepts may apply for a grant.
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To submit a concept:
1. Save a copy of this form to your computer.
a Answer all questions.
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This project will provide regional TDM programming and services to employers, residents, workers, and visitors in
Tukwila and partner cities to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality in South King County. This
-onsortium includes the cities of Burien, Des Moines, Kent, Renton, SeaTac, and Tukwila, transit agencies, and
Cost estimate for this concept.
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Estimated request from the Regional Mobility Grant Program.
�$700,000
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In your response:
a, Use WSDOT's coriddor sketch suirnirnair - Aeweir to identify the corridor numbers your concept affects. If your
concept does not use the state highway system, identify communities or activity centers your concept affects.
Use WSDOT's , or a program with equal
functionality, to identify underserved, socioeconomically disadvantaged, rural, and other priority populations
your concept affects.
Note any local, regional, or statewide plans that identify your concept and how they describe your concept's
design.
If your metropolitan or regional planning organizations have congestion mitigation plans, summarize the plans
and how your concept affects the plans.
ie project is aimed at alleviating traffic congestion and reducing the environmental impacts of the roadway
3tem, while improving mobility, access to the transportation system, and affordability. TDM services are
Decially needed in South King County compared to the rest of the region to combat commuting behaviors that
ve grown out of the area's historically auto -oriented land development pattern, as well as the high population of
ffer-income workers and residents. The transit hubs in Tukwila and South King County provide essential
nnections to regional employment centers that TDM services can help residents and workers access.
the concept affects:
148 SR 516: SR 509 Jct (Des Moines) to SR 169 Jct (Maple Valley) 53% congested
383 SR 515: SR 516 Jct to SR 900 Jct (Renton) 4% congested
384 SR 181: SR 516 Jct (Kent) to 1-405 (Tukwila) 71% congested
385 SR 900: 1-5 Jct to 1-405 Jct (Renton) 25% congested
Identify and describe the strategies your concept uses to help solve the transportati
performance problems you identified above. oi
In your response, use WSDOT's trainsportation systeirns irnainageirneint and operations plainining and irnpleirneintation
w-e-b-s-ke, to identify strategies.
this concept will use to solve transportation performance problems:
Alternative work hours - Promoting work schedules that reduce trips during peak commute hours
Incentives - Transit passes, cyclist and pedestrian safety gear, food, and gift cards to encourage sustainable
ansportation choices
Route choice - Providing information about events, construction, or road closures to help travelers make
routing and timing decisions to avoid congestion
Telecommuting - Promoting remote work to reduce commute trips
.dditionally:
Outreach and education about transportation options that reduce single -occupant vehicle travel such as transit,
active transportation, telecommuting, and new mobility services
Information on transit fares and facilitating access to reduced fares
Identify any representatives from cities, counties, metropolitan or regional planning
organizations, transits, tribes, and Washington State Ferries that you have recently collaborat
with on your concept. I
County Metro:
We are currently implementing a similar TDM project through a King County Metro TDM Corridor Strategies
apporting Centers Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant. Debbie Jaksich is our representative for
its project.
King County SchoolPool - Cailin Henley and Erin David of Alta Planning
Via to Transit - Casey Gifford
Tukwila In Motion - Hanna Faires and Alta Planning Staff
Tukwila Community Connections - Ryan Miller
Transit - Alex Ko and Jefferson Rose
Identify any WSDOT regional staff that you have collaborated with in the past 18 months on
your concept. Include staff name and WSDOT region (i.e., Eastern, North Central, Northwest,
Olympic, South Central, Southwest).
ila is currently implementing a TDM project similar to this 2021-2023 concept, also through a 2019-2021
nal Mobility Grant. We are also administering the state Commute Trip Reduction program in Tukwila.
Monica Ghosh, Northwest, Community Liaison for our current WSDOT projects
Michael Wandler, CTR Program - Public Transportation Division
Robert Gibson - Data Analytics - Public Transportation Division
Kate Ito, Public Transportation Division
Ricardo Gotla, Public Transportation Division
Kate Bastian, Public Transportation Division
Stan Suchan, Public Transportation Division
Describe any positive and/or negative effects your concept has on other organizations or modes
(e.g. metropolitan planning organizations, regional transportation planning organizations, local
jurisdictions, transportation service providers).
'he project will benefit community destinations, regional growth centers and manufacturing/industrial centers by
roviding TDM services and reducing drive -alone trips to sites. Sites and organizations that will benefit include:
Southcenter, Tukwila's regional growth center, and the North Tukwila Manufacturing/Industrial Center
Regional growth centers in neighboring communities such as SeaTac, Burien, Renton and Kent Downtown, as
ell as the manufacturing/industrial centers of Duwamish and Kent
Community destinations and networks including
Sea-Tac Airport, the Port of Seattle, and Airport Jobs
Tukwila International Boulevard District, Tukwila Village, SHAG Senior Living Community, Tukwila Library,
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Schools such as Renton Technical College, Highline Community College, and Green River College
Chambers of commerce such as Seattle Southside Chamber
Multifamily housing developments
s project will improve air quality and reduce the environmental impacts of the transportation system including
acing greenhouse gas emissions, hazardous air pollutants, and contaminated stormwater runoff. TDM services
especially needed in South King County compared to the rest of the region because of a combination of
orically auto -oriented development, a high population of lower -income workers and residents, and to
nteract health disparities that disproportionately burden South King County communities. Recent data from
g County Metro show that even during the COVID-19 pandemic and governor's Stay Home order, ridership is
Lively stable in South King County, showing that the region's essential workers reside predominantly in South
g County ("King County Metro Changes during COVID-19 Pandemic" presentation to the Seattle
nsportation Advisory Board. April 22, 2020.
)s://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Transit/KCM_SeattleTAB-4-22.pdf). The transit hubs in
:wila and South King County provide connections to regional employment centers that TDM services help
and workers access.
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