Jim Gascoigne

Charles River TMA

Cambridge, MA

Charles River Transportation

Management Association

501(c)4 consortium of Cambridge businesses

Founded 1995

25 members: Property Managers & Owners, Employers, Municipality, Institutions

Transportation Demand Management:

Ten Greater Boston TMAs

Most seeded with CMAQ grants in mid ‘90s

Over three hundred members collectively

Nearly 300,000 commuters employed by members

What is EZRide?Member supported Shuttle.

Links Cambridge worksites to 4 transit hubs.

Consolidates 15 private shuttles into 7 vehicles

More frequent service to more destinations at reduced cost.

Private service with access to general public.

2002-2008

2009

2001 Indicators Commuter Rail usage from northern suburbs to

Cambridge 50% less than other origins.

North Station-Kendall Square trip requires two

subway transfers

Many Cambridge worksites require more than a

quarter mile walk from North Station, Lechmere,

Kendall.

Many expensive, often empty corporate shuttles

crowd the curb at Kendall Square.

Key Indicators for Success

Transit service gap: Urban Ring Segment

Municipal Role: Regulation creates “market”

Municipal Role: Technical Support

State & Federal Role: FUNDING

Third Sector Role: TMA is local champion

TMA secures post-grant funding agreements at start of project

Ripe economic conditions

EZRide Route

Many Connections Rockport, Newburyport, Haverhill, Lowell and

Fitchburg Commuter Rail Lines at North Station

Green Line at North Station and Lechmere

Orange Line at North Station

Red Line at Kendall Square

MBTA Buses at Lechmere (69, 80, 87, 88), Kendall (CT2, 64, 68, 85), University Park (CT1, 1, 47, 64, 70, 70A, 83, 91) and Cambridgeport (47)

Private Sector Members

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Amgen

Archstone

Biogen Idec

BioMed Realty Trust

Boston Properties

CambridgeSide Galleria

City of Cambridge

Forest City

Draper Laboratory

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Microsoft

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

One Rogers/One Charles

Regatta Riverview Residences

Shire

Sierra+Tango

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Year-to-Year ComparisonEZRide Shuttle Service

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2009

Successes Cost Savings/Avoidance

Emissions reductions

High Passenger patronage

Fewer shuttles on the road

More frequent service

More destinations

Regulatory compliance

Public Access for a fare

Seven years leveraged from three years of grants funds

Additional seven years of funding negotiated in 2009