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! • Suburban areas have experienced dramatic increases in congestion and air quality problems. Often the congestion problem at suburban activity centers have spilled over onto through traffic routes in the vicinity and affected mobility. ~ • Suburban communities are coping with increased traffic in several ways. One major approach is to improve roads, add to road facilities and provide interconnectivity. • Transportation Systems Management (TSM) and Parking Management (PM) aim at getting the best use of existin tra rt ti g nspo a on resources at least cost. • Other TSM strategies include: preferential parking for earpoolers; promotions for transit, carpooling, biking, walking and flextime; designation of Transportation Coordinators at employment sites; and shuttle service to and from park-and-ride lots. 2 • Before considering TSM and PM policies, localities should check with county, regional and state air quality and other agencies with missions in transportation control or traffic mitigation. - ~ Communities with spot congestion problems attributable to new development should consider special permits, and developer agreements secured by covenants. These instruments may involve less time consuming review and consensus building with decision makers to gain passage. They also may require only staff review and 3 negotiations to carry out. Developer agreements also are more appropriate for securing specific ph sical facilitie h bik y s suc as e racks, transit turn outs or parking areas devoted to carpoolers. • Generally, localities should require implementation of specific strategies only as appropriate to a particular development, not as a uniform requirement across numerous developments. ,_` r C g:\eddie\ V n~c\8-26-99\dg