Denver residents and employees now have more choices for how they move about the city thanks to a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance recently approved by Denver City Council. The new ordinance requires developers to implement TDM strategies that will expand travel options and create more alternatives to driving. Ideas include a subsidized transit pass for tenants or building amenities for people who walk or bike into the workplace.

The Association for Commuter Transportation recently established a national certification program for Transportation Demand Management (TDM) professionals. Three of our teammates –Aaron Gaul, Emily Haar, and Adrienne Boyd –have achieved the certification and join TDM professionals around the world as the industry’s first-ever certified professionals.

We wanted to spotlight an important effort from Georgia Tech’s School of City & Regional Planning. They have created two Equity, Justice & Inclusive Design Fellowships.

UrbanTrans conducted a survey of TMAs in 2019 to advance industry research. The survey was conducted in partnership with the ACT TMA council. Read on to learn more about the effort and see the results.

There’s an old joke that Toronto is about an hour from Toronto. While most of us can bond over our shared burden with a bit of humor, the reality is that Toronto is often ranked as the worst commutes in North America. This, in part, is due to our high transit fares and average one-way commute time of 42 minutes, or 52 minutes for transit riders. What the data doesn’t show is how limited transportation choices can be dependent on where you live.

We’re sending virtual fist bumps to three outstanding UrbanTrans’ collaborators and partners in Atlanta and Denver.

2020 is not off to the start many of us expected. Anxiety is high and social distancing restricts much of what we rely on. But there’s some good news: the way we work may never be the same.