Why Join the North Shore TMA?
Environmental impact:
Are you a company or developer that is concerned about your environmental
responsibility and reducing the impact of your carbon footprint?
Gas prices and commuter costs:
As gas prices rise, employers are being asked to step up and help
their employees with the difficult challenge of affordable and safe
commutes. According to the Association for Commuter Transportation,
while gasoline prices have moderated after reaching their highest
point in U.S. history, they are likely to continue fluctuating as
the marketplace responds to ongoing supply and demand pressures.
Joining the TMA helps with employee retention, saves on new employee
search costs and demonstrates corporate environmentally responsibility.
Traffic congestion:
For municipalities, commercial and residential complexes businesses,
and institutions, membership demonstrates environmental responsibility
and a desire to address a city’s infrastructure, air quality
and traffic and parking issues. The North Shore of Massachusetts
is experiencing unprecedented commercial and residential growth.
Commuting to/from and within the area presents both opportunities
and challenges.
Because of its geographic location and its reliance historically
on ship and rail transportation for goods and people, the North Shore
is blessed with access to both of these modes of travel today. However,
also because of its location, many of the major roadways that serve
the area wind through neighborhoods. The opportunity to build new
roads or widen existing roadways is constrained by this factor as
well as cost.
To address this growth and the projected resulting traffic congestion,
the North Shore TMA has been formed to support the development of
collaborative transportation demand management (TDM) strategies that
promote solutions to regional congestion and access.
Improving access to the North Shore region is a priority among municipal
leaders, businesses, institutions, and residents. The North Shore
TMA fulfills this priority by ensuring reliable and convenient access
to your business for employees, visitors, and clients.
Our members enjoy the benefits of networking with fellow business
and municipal leaders and being part of an organization that works
to improve the ever-evolving North Shore region. All are committed
to improving air-quality and mitigating congestion throughout the
area.
Services enjoyed by North Shore TMA members:
Incentive Programs ~ The
North Shore TMA offers a comprehensive menu of incentive programs
designed to persuade member employees and tenants to try an alternative
to commuting alone to work. Our Green to Work program allows participants
to try a wide range of commuting options while provide maximum
flexibility to support the changing demands of work and home-life.
Data Collection ~ The
North Shore TMA develops and distributes surveys to better understand
the needs of a particular employer, so that each member employer’s
particular needs are addressed.
Carbon Reduction & Sustainability ~ The
programs offered through the TMA can help you to meet your climate
action plan goals, LEED Certification criteria, and comply with
the commonwealth’s Greenhouse Gas Policy implemented in 2007.
Transportation Materials ~Our
members always have access to the most up-to-date schedules for
the MBTA and Salem Ferry, North Shore area maps, and other transportation
materials at our online Transportation Information Center, The
TMA can also set up a transportation kiosk to serve as an onsite
resource for member employees and tenants.
Roadway Changes, Detour Announcements, Public Transportation
Changes, and other Infrastructure Information Updates ~ The
North Shore TMA’s website serves as a one-stop shopping center
to keep our members up-to-date about what's happening in the area
and its potential impact for member employees, tenants, customers.
Advocacy & Partnerships ~ The
North Shore TMA serves as a voice for advocacy for transit , pedestrian,
biking, and roadway infrastructure to increase access and reduce
congestion in our North Shore region. Our staff partners with the
MBTA, municipal officials, local and federal legislators, advocacy
organizations as well as regional and state agencies to make sure
the needs of our members are met.
DEP Rideshare Regulation compliance ~The
DEP Rideshare Regulation requires that all businesses that have
250 or more employees within a one mile radius and have an air
operating permit and those businesses/educational facilities without
an air operating permit that have 1000 or more employees (and students
for educational facilities) must survey their employees and work
towards reducing their drive alone commuters by 25 percent. North
Shore TMA programs and services will help your company work towards
meeting this goal.
Compliance to local site plan Special Permit
and Section 61 Findings ~ For developers, membership in the North Shore TMA often fulfills
the requirements set forth by local municipalities and by the state
through the MEPA process. Many of these agreements require TMA
membership or outline specific Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) programs and initiatives that must be made available to employees
and/or tenants; North Shore TMA services and programs will help
your company to meet these requirements.
Relocation Presentations and
Orientations ~ Planning a move? If
your moving into our area or just moving from one of our member
communities to another, let the North Shore TMA provide your employees
with all of the commute-related information needed to reduce those “bumps
in the road” and make the transition to your new worksite “smooth
sailing”.
Communication and Marketing ~ We
keep in touch with our members and their employees on a regular
basis through quarterly newsletters, employee transportation advisor
(ETA) meetings, a monthly calendar of events, on-site information
tables and promotions, employee presentations and one-on-one
commute planning.
Networking Opportunities ~ The
North Shore TMA offers members the opportunity to share their transportation-related
ideas and concerns with each other and their local municipal officials.
Our ETA meetings and member roundtables provide a great venue for
our members throughout the North Shore to connect.
For membership information, please contact
Executive Director, Andrea Leary
781-639-6262 or andrea "at" northshoretma.org
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