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
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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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