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DRAFT 3. Circulation Element riding~ublic transit, carpooling, walking or biking. Programs include parking cashout. prize drawings, transit subsidies, and a guaranteed ride home in case of illness, family emergency, unscheduled overtime or missed rideshare trio. The Cit~of Pleasanton survey residents and employees on a bi-annual basis to measure progress towards trip reduction goals to determine public awareness of the many commute programs and incentives available to them, and to learn which incentives would further encourage residents and employees to use commute alternatives Findings of the 2006 survey include: nearly nine out of ten residents drive alone to work and eight out of ten employees drive alone to work• the average commute among residents is 19 miles and takes 32 minutes while employees travel an average of 19.9 miles and their commute takes 34 minutes• the most popular alternative commute modes among solo drivers presidents and employees) are carpooling and BART• the most popular ridesharing incentive among residents and employes is a guaranteed ride home from work in the event of an emergency; and awareness of TDM~rograms is generally low~with less than one-third of residents and employees aware of each~rogram The report concluded that the City of Pleasanton could boost awareness among residents and employees in several wad including• partnering with local realtors to provide information to homebuyers• providing information to residents about TDM programs available, especially the Guaranteed Ride Home service• and„public service announcements on local radio and TV stations that residents use for commute information. The Economic Development Department is investigating the implementation of these strategies. The City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Unified School District (I'USD) have partnered in the Rides to School program Pleasanton's School Traffic Calming Program This program is a joint effort between PUSD and the City to flan and manage school traffic at individual schools. Elements of the program include• enforcement and monitoring by the Pleasanton Police Department; review of signing and striping to designate speed limits, loading zones crosswalks, and parking• a Ridematch Pooling Program which facilitates carpools, bikepools, and walkpools• site improvements including site redesign staggered bell times pi-mil? and drop-off procedures, and parking-lot modification review; "School Tripper" buses provided by Wheels which coordinate with the schedules for middle and high schoolsipedestrian safety measures including crossing_~uards and safety education• the Safety Valet program at elementary schools• and walk-to-school and bike-to-school participation. [The text, above, about TDM updates the following deleted discussion about TSM.] Circulation Element 012908 redline 3-35 City Council O1 29 OS