Minimum Requirements of CTR Law, RCW 70.94.531

• Appoint Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC) and post name/phone prominently 
• Annual information distribution to all employees about employer's CTR program
• Report annually to jurisdiction (Spokane County)
• Measure results (conduct survey) every 2 years 
• Make a good faith effort to achieve CTR goals 
• Develop and implement CTR program, with at least two strong program elements, to meet CTR goals.

CTR Program Elements

Parking Management:

• Provide preferential parking or reduced parking charges, or both, for carpools and/or vanpools
• Implement or increase parking charges for drive alone employees 

Financial Incentives/Subsidies:

• Provide subsidies for transit fares, vanpools and/or carpools
• Provide subsides or offer incentives, such as a rebate, for employees who do not use the parking facilities 

Alternate Work Schedules:

• Compressed Work Week schedules which are accessible to a significant number of employees
• Flexible work schedules (flex-time) to facilitate employee use of transit, carpools or vanpools

Telework:

• Establishment of a program to permit some or most employees to have the ability to work part or full-time at home or at an alternate worksite closer to their home

Rideshare Program (to support the use of carpools and vanpools) includes at least two of the following:

• Provide preferential parking or reduced parking charges, or both, for carpools and vanpools, combined with the provision of commuter ridematching services to facilitate employee ridesharing for commute trips
• Guaranteed Ride Home
• Internal and/or external ridematching, combined with personalized ETC assistance
• Implementation of other on-site amenities designed to encourage the use of commute alternatives, such as on-site day care facilities, cafeteria, etc.

Fleet Vehicles for CTR:

• Employer provided vans for vanpools
• Allowing the use of the employer’s vehicles for carpooling and/or vanpooling
• Allowing the use of the employer’s vehicles for Guaranteed Ride Home

Site Amenities:

• Construction of special loading and unloading facilities for transit, carpool and vanpool users
• Provision of bicycle parking facilities, lockers, changing areas and showers for employees who bicycle or walk to work

• Spokane County CTR Ordinance
  (official copies may be obtained from the Auditor)
• CTR Law (RCW 70A.15.4000 - 70A.15.4110)
• Minimum Requirements of the CTR Law
• Who is affected by the CTR Law?
• What is Good Faith Effort?
• Frequently asked questions about CTR
• Terms of Use

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