The University of Colorado Boulder is seeking to develop a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan that will address current and future transportation challenges for CU commuters that builds upon the objectives outlined in the 2019 Transportation Master Plan and aligns with the 2024 Climate Action Plan (CAP) goals to reduce the university’s commute emissions by 50% by 2030 by decreasing daily Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and the associated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions while enhancing transportation equity, safety, and sustainability.
The University of Colorado Boulder campus includes three non-connected properties within the city of Boulder, serving over 38,000 students in academic programs and 10,000 staff and faculty. The most recent Transportation Master Plan was completed in 2019, a year ahead of an update to the Campus Master Plan and recognizes a variety of TDM programs that have been implemented by the university, although there is not a formal comprehensive TDM plan in place. Current challenges range from a lack of awareness about existing Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs, which are dispersed across multiple campus departments, to rising cost of living in Boulder forcing staff to live farther away from campus having to rely on single occupancy vehicles (SOVs), to ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on transit and carpooling levels.
