North Front Range Metropolitan Planning

RAQC
SmartTrips Presentation
SmartTrips / VanGo
www.smarttrips.org
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Presentation Outline
Program Overview
CarGo
VanGo
Business-Centric Outreach
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Program Overview
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SmartTrips Organization
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The SmartTrips program provides vanpooling and carpool matching to the 15 cities
and 2 counties that comprise the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning
Organization.
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The SmartTrips website provides active carpool and vanpool matching for
interested visitors.
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CarGo
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The user of the SmartTrips website provides the home and work address. The
Carpool Matching database provides the user with applicable matches based on
their commute and commute time.
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VanGo
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Participation
460 Riders
Fleet
78 Active Vans
14 Backups
Owned
16 Astros
18 Siennas
2 Express
Leased
53 Siennas
3 Express
The VanGo Vanpool Program currently provides service to 460 in 78 vans. The
map depicts where our riders live and work.
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Vanpoolers pay a fare based on their start zone and end zone as depicted on the
map above. Fares range from $76 to $262.
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Vanpoolers have the ability to pay their vanpool fare online using EPAY
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Vanpool Growth Curve
Grassroots
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Growth &
Adjustment
Transit
Expansion
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The recent growth in vanpooling in Northern Colorado likely reflects the increase
commute distance of our riders along with the steady increase in gas prices. We
foresee similar program growth until a complimentary form of transit (bus, train)
connects Northern Colorado with points south.
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This graph confirms the rapid program growth.
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Savings
Savings to
to the
the Region
Region
Total Regional Vehicle
Miles Saved (VMT) each
year
Millions of VMT
Savings
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million
2002 – 4,675,784
2007
2003 – 4,993,882
2005
2006
2004 – 5,392,125
2004
2005 – 7,192,364
2002
2006 – 9,671,436
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million
2003
5 million
2007 – 12 million (projected)
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Vanpooling reduces the number of Vehicles Miles Traveled. Last year, almost 10
million miles were saved translating to over 9 million pounds of CO2 reduced for our
21MPG passenger vans.
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FRVPS
Customer Satisfaction Survey
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VanGo collaborates with other Front Range Vanpool provides to share best
practices and customer satisfaction surveying.
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Business-Centric Focus
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Employee Residency
Map
Identify where clusters of employees live
Email campaign to employees by residence
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SmartTrips has chosen to work directly with businesses for their recruitment efforts.
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Here we see a map of employees residences with respects to their business in Fort
Collins, Colorado. Clearly, a cluster of employees from Longmont are prime
candidates for carpooling and vanpooling.
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Recruitment Email to
Employees by City
Recruit carpools/vanpools by city
Email templates available
Create “Company Vans” or
“Employee Carpools”
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Save Parking Spaces
Each carpooler/vanpooler reduces the
number of parking spaces needed
Preferred Parking rewards them for
participating
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New Employee
Orientation
Register employee with portal
Discuss tax incentives
Identify carpooler/vanpooler parking
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Tax Benefit
Shelter $110/month for employee:
Create a Flexible Spending Account
(FSA)
Employee can shelter $110/month to
pay monthly fare
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Questions
Aaron Fodge
SmartTrips & Public Process Manager
970-224-6162 / afodge@nfrmpo.org
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