WC 421: Travel demand management

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This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

Work category 421 provides for travel demand management activities to improve the performance of the land transport system by changing transport demand and travel behaviour.

The purpose of travel demand management is to support efficient and effective use of the transport system, and to reduce the negative impacts of travel and freight movement. Demand management activities influence how, when and where people and freight travels.

The objectives of travel demand management activities are to:

shape transport demand to better balance it with supply
shape travel behaviour to ease pressure on the transport network and the environment
deliver economic benefits to businesses, communities and/or New Zealand from a national perspective.

Integrated programmes and alignment of resources

Proposals should be based on Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency-endorsed best practice guidelines and examples. This list will expand as policy and guidance is developed for this work category.

Travel demand activities will achieve their greatest impact when there is consistency in the messaging. Approved organisations and the are encouraged to plan the content and timing of local activities to coincide with activities at the national level where appropriate and possible.

Qualifying activities

To qualify under work category 421 an activity must give effect to national and local priorities identified in:

regional and local issues or opportunities identified within activity management plans or regional public transport plans, or
a relevant business case, including within the Waka Kotahi business plan.

Examples of qualifying activities
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
- parking management
- travel behaviour change activities, including the preparation of travel plans and neighbourhood accessibility plans, and associated education and promotion initiatives where these are targeted towards efficient and effective use of the land transport system
- promotion and information activities (network user information) which maximise the efficiency of the road network, for example congestion relief, travel planning or mode shift promotion.
You can discuss with Waka Kotahi whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.

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Exclusions
Work category 421 excludes:
- travel behaviour change activities targeted toward safety, which are funded from work category 432: Safety promotion, education and advertising.
- improvement, maintenance and service activities supporting travel demand management, which are funded from following activity classes:
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Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:

the approved organisation's normal FAR, or
100% of Waka Kotahi costs.

Non-financial contributions will not be considered part of the total project cost, and will not be eligible for financial assistance.

Approved organisations and Waka Kotahi are able to accept financial contributions from other parties as a contribution to the total cost. If the financial contribution to the activity changes the scope of that activity, the contribution will be treated as third party funding and will be deducted from the total cost before calculating the Waka Kotahi funding assistance (ie that part is not eligible for funding assistance).

Illustrative examples
An example of where third party funding has changed the scope of the activity is:
- A cycle skills training is developed to target the three schools located on a town’s strategic cycle network. A local bicycle shop offers to contribute to the programme to support the training and enable the inclusion of a fourth school, which Waka Kotahi has decided does not have enough priority for National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) investment.
- The bicycle shop’s contribution is then allocated to cover the total costs of the fourth school and therefore is excluded from the calculation of Waka Kotahi’s funding assistance. Any remaining contribution can be treated as part of the local share.
An example of where the scope is not changed and financial contributions from other parties can be counted as local share is:
- A commercial sponsor provides funding for cycle skills training or the Bikes in Schools programme in schools in a city. The skills training is delivered by the usual council provider (qualified instructor) as it is part of a council cycling education strategy and delivered in line with national guidelines.
- The financial contribution can be treated as part of the local share as there is no change to the scope. If it totals more than the local share of the total financial cost, then Waka Kotahi’s financial assistance will be calculated on the balance of total cost after it is reduced by the amount above the local share.
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Applying for funding approval

Applications for funding approval should be made through the improvements module in Transport Investment Online.