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Page 61 of 93 <br /> _ • Provide technical assistance to employers in the region with Employee <br /> Transportation Coordinators (ETC) which provides a designated <br /> coordinator of employer transportation benefits; <br /> • Continue to offer ride-matching services for commuters in the region <br /> through Ridesharing Program Activities such as Carpool Matching. <br /> • :..Continue to market these .programs. to increase the number of <br /> commuters and Emergency Ride Home worksites in the rideshare <br /> database. <br /> • Work with statewide TO partners to continue support-for a statewide <br /> web-based ride matching system. <br /> • Continue to promote and provide management support of vanpools in <br /> the service areas of the Valley VanPool consortium, a partnership with <br /> Cherriots (Salem area) and Oregon Cascades West Council of <br /> Governments (Benton, Linn and Lincoln Counties). <br /> Smart .Ways to School Program Activities <br /> • Continue promoting alternative ways to school for students through the <br /> Smart Ways to School Program. This program partners with K- 12 <br /> schools throughout the region to improve school safety while reducing <br /> energy consumption and traffic congestion. <br /> • Pursue continuation of Student Transit Pass Program as part of the <br /> agency's Transit Activities for families of grade 6-12 students. Foster <br /> collaborative efforts that can set policies or establish sustainable funding <br /> structures for free or reduced-cost LTD student passes <br /> • Continue to promote and provide free carpool match services through <br /> the Carpool Activities programs for families of K- 12 students. <br /> • Continue to promote and provide free assistance to parents interested in <br /> forming groups of students to walk and bike to/from school Walk and <br /> -Bike Activities: (Families of K- 12 students) <br /> • Assist schools in seeking and using Safe Routes to School funding to <br /> .increase the number of students who walk or bike to/from school, <br /> resulting in a reduction of school-related vehicle trips for families of K-8 <br /> students. <br /> • Help foster collaborative community efforts that increase walking and <br /> biking while reducing school-related traffic. <br /> f <br /> Congestion Mitigation Program Activities <br /> • Continue targeted outreach of Point- 2-Point Solutions programs and <br /> services in areas or along key congested corridors in partnership with the <br /> region's jurisdictions. Subject areas may include corridors that exceed or <br /> -.are expected to exceed an established level of service (LOS) or areas <br /> experiencing or projected to have high levels of congestion due to new <br /> development, major .road construction, regional events, or defined EmX <br /> corridors or other transit corridors that may experience reduction in <br /> "service. <br /> • Collaborate with MPO regarding KeepUsMoving.lnfo (KUMI) website <br /> providing commuter information of transportation options. <br /> <br /> Central Lane MPO Unified Planning Work Program FY 2010 and 2011 <br /> <br />