TransForm description of Greentrip Program

1. The GreenTRIP
Connect Initiative
Growth With Out Gridlock
Sunnyvale
Cool Sunnyvale, SVLG and
Friends of Caltrain
August 22, 2014
Ann Cheng
GreenTRIP Program Director
Presentation with Trudi Ryan, Martin
Alkire, Jeff Oberdorfer, Adina Levin

5. Source: San Francisco Chronicle

6. One
MILLION
households
do not
have
access to
an
affordable

7. GreenTRIPConnect Strategies
1) Certifications: Support model projects with expanded
GreenTRIP certification
2) Research
• Online Parking Database
• Fill Data gaps on Affordable Homes and TDMs
To support:
1) Stakeholder Engagement and Education
2) Integration into plans, city polices and models

9. GreenTRIP Connect Strategies
1) Certifications: Support model projects with expanded
GreenTRIP certification
2) Research
• Online Parking Database
• Fill Data gaps on Affordable Homes and TDMs

10. GreenTRIP Certification
1. Advisors, Partners
2. Approved traffic reduction strategies
3. Stories

11. GreenTRIP Advisory Committee

12. 2.2 Parking Spaces per Unit
A whole quarter
of the building
is parking
Required Parking 2.2
Units 801
Parking Spaces 1,800
Parking Cost $33.3 million
GreenTRIP
Strategies
NONE

13. 2.2 Parking Spaces per Unit vs. 0.7
Required
Parking
More room
for homes,
shops and
services!
Change 2.2 0.7
Units +220 801 1,021
Parking
-1,086 1,800 714
Spaces
Parking Cost -$20.1 million $33.3 million $13.2 million
GreenTRIP
+$6 million 1 free pass &
Strategies
1 free carshare
membership
per unit

14. Pay for parking separately
from cost of renting or
purchase of home. Parking Optional

15. New Levels
• Existing Buildings
• Portfolio
• Zero Parking
Coming Soon..
• Platinum

16. 15
Projects
Certified
Since 2009

17. Projected Impacts of
First 15 Certified Projects
$17 million increased revenue for
transit agencies
79,460 fewer miles driven per day
$8,588 – AAA avg. annual car cost:
saved by every household that reduces
car ownership

19. First Community Housing
Fourth Street Family Apartments, San Jose

20. First Community Housing
FREE Transit Passes for All Residents
1,133 passes
$42,876 annual cost
1100 units in 11 projects
I’m saving
one month
of rent with
EcoPass.
Mario Virgen, Resident
Fourth Street Apartments,
San Jose
Mario gets a free transit
pass normally $850 a
year.

21. BEFORE
$2.3 million Parking Garage
Below Grade
Garage
$48k per
space
49 Parking
Spaces

22. AFTER
$1.27 million Traffic Reduction Strategy Package

23. Garden Village: First Zero Parking Project

24. Barriers to Infill
•Outdated Codes
•Insufficient Data
•Reduced Planning Staff
•Information Mismatch
•Community Opposition

25. GreenTRIPConnect Strategies
1) Certifications: Support model projects with expanded
GreenTRIP certification
2) Research
• Online Parking Database
• Fill Data gaps on Affordable Homes and TDMs

26. Research
1. Advisors, Partners
2. GreenTRIP Parking Database
3. Caltrans RFP on Multi Modal Trip
Generation methodology
4. Resident Surveys
5. CHPC CNT Report for Cap & Trade

27. Parking Data Collection
• By 2014: 75- 100 sites
• Projects mostly in places planning for most growth,
varying by
– Place Type (urban – suburban)
– Unit Size, Resident Type (senior, family, disabled)
– Affordable, Market Rate and Condo
– Traffic Reduction Strategies (carshare, unbundled
parking, transit passes)
– Transit access
• GreenTRIP Connect tool will build on this data

28. BETA VERSION as of 7/31/14

29. Map Legend Drop Down Menu

30. Building Info Pop-Up Tab

31. Parking Info Pop-Up Tab

32. Building Info Filter

33. Parking Info Filter

34. Location Info Filter

35. Transportation Info Filter

37. Building
Report

38. Building
Report:
Parking &
Transportation
Information

39. Coming Up Fall 2014 - 2015
1. September 18th - Release Parking
Database
2. December - Launch GreenTRIP Platinum
Program in San Jose
3. May 2015 – Find matching funds for
GreenTRIP Connect!

40. Ann Cheng
GreenTRIP Program Director
Ann@TransFormCA.org
(510) 740-3150 x316
TransForm
www.TransFormCA.org
GreenTRIP Program
www.GreenTRIP.org