Very interesting approach about to be adopted in San Francisco: 

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/09/can-san-francisco-build-housing-that-eases-traffic/500708/

The hope is to establish a citywide “transportation demand management” program, requiring developers of new buildings to incorporate design features that cut down on vehicle-miles traveled. Officials from the San Francisco Planning Department, MTA, and County Transportation Authority have developed a 26-item menu of research-backed TDM measures, each of which comes with a certain amount of points. Every new development project would be assigned a site-specific point target, and to reach it, developers would choose their blend of VMT-reducing features.

[VMT = vehicle miles traveled]

cheers,
Beth

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Beth McKechnie | Workplace Commuter Options

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