An affected employer is required to make a good faith effort, as defined in this chapter and in RCW 70.94.534(2), to develop and implement a CTR program that will encourage its employees to reduce VMT per employee and drive-alone commute trips. At a minimum, an employer’s CTR program shall include the following elements:

A. Employee Transportation Coordinator. The employer shall designate an employee transportation coordinator (ETC) to administer the CTR program. The ETC’s and/or designee’s name, location, and telephone number must be displayed prominently, physically or electronically, at each affected worksite. The ETC shall oversee all elements of the employer’s CTR program and act as liaison between the employer and Kitsap Transit. The objective is to have an effective transportation coordinator present at each worksite; an affected employer with multiple sites may have one ETC for all sites.

B. Information Distribution. Information about alternatives to drive-alone commuting as well as a summary of the employer’s CTR program shall be provided to employees at least once a year and to new employees at the time of hire. The summary of the employer’s CTR program shall also be submitted to the city with the employer’s program description and regular report.

C. CTR Program Report and Description. The CTR program report and description outlines the strategies to be undertaken by an employer to achieve the commute trip reduction goals for the reporting period. Employers are encouraged to consider innovative strategies and combine program elements in a manner that will best suit their location, site characteristics, business type, and employees’ commuting needs. Employers are further encouraged to cooperate with each other to implement program elements.

At a minimum, the employer’s CTR program report and description must include:

1. A general description of the employment site location, transportation characteristics, employee parking availability, on-site amenities, and surrounding services;

2. The number of employees affected by the CTR program and the total number of employees at the site;

3. Documentation on compliance with the mandatory CTR program elements (as described in this section);

4. Description of any additional elements included in the employer’s CTR program (as described in this section); and

5. A statement of organizational commitment to provide appropriate resources to the program to meet the employer’s established goals.

D. Specific Measures. In addition to the mandatory program elements described above, the employer’s CTR program shall include specific measures to be implemented to meet the CTR goals. These measures may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:

1. A provision for preferential parking or reduced parking charges, or both, for high-occupancy vehicles;

2. An implementation or increase of parking charges for drive-alone commuters;

3. A provision for commuter ride matching services to facilitate employee ridesharing for commute trips;

4. A provision for subsidizing transit, rail, or vanpool fares;

5. A provision for vans or buses for use as vanpools or custom bus/buspools (Kitsap Transit’s worker/driver buses) for employee ridesharing;

6. A provision for subsidizing carpools, walking, bicycling, teleworking, compressed schedules or vanpools;

7. A provision permitting the use of the employer’s vehicles for carpooling or vanpooling purposes;

8. A provision permitting flex-time to facilitate employees’ use of transit, carpools, or vanpools;

9. A provision for cooperation with transportation providers to provide additional regular or express service to the worksite;

10. A provision for the construction of special loading and unloading facilities for transit, carpool, and vanpool users;

11. A provision for bicycle parking facilities, lockers, changing areas, and showers for employees who bicycle or walk to work;

12. A provision for a parking incentive program, such as a rebate for employees who do not use the parking facilities;

13. A provision establishing a telecommuting program to permit employees to work part- or full-time at home or at an alternative worksite closer to their homes;

14. A provision establishing a program of alternative work schedules, such as a compressed work week that reduces commuting;

15. A provision establishing a guaranteed ride home program that would guarantee, in cases of emergency, transportation home to those employees who normally use an alternative commute mode;

16. A provision implementing other measures designed to facilitate the use of high-occupancy vehicles, such as on-site day care facilities and emergency taxi services;

17. Other measures that the employer believes will reduce the number and length of commute trips made to the site.

E. Regular Review. Each affected employer must commit to annually review employee commuting and progress toward meeting the CTR goals. Affected employers shall review their program and file an annual progress report with Kitsap Transit. The annual progress report form shall be provided by Kitsap Transit. The progress report shall describe each of the CTR measures that were in effect for the previous year, the results of any commuter surveys undertaken during the year, and the number of employees participating in CTR programs. Within the report, the employer should evaluate the effectiveness of the CTR program and, if necessary, propose modifications to achieve the CTR goals. Survey information or approved alternative information must be provided in the reports.

F. Biennial Measurement of Employee Commute Behavior. In addition to the baseline measurement, employers shall conduct a program evaluation as a means of determining worksite progress toward meeting CTR goals. As part of the program evaluation, the employer shall distribute and collect commute trip reduction program employee questionnaires (surveys) at least once every two years, and strive to achieve at least a 70 percent response rate from employees at the worksite.

G. Record Keeping. Affected employers shall maintain a copy of their approved CTR program description and report, their CTR program employee questionnaire results, and all supporting documentation for the descriptions and assertions made in any CTR report to the city for a minimum of 48 months. The city and the employer shall agree on the record keeping requirements as part of the accepted CTR program. (Ord. 2009-16 § 1, 2009: Ord. 99-33 § 1, 1999: Ord. 93-09 § 7C, 1993)