Parking cost, availability, and demand reduction programs can influence the transportation choices of staff, students, and visitors when traveling to campus. With approximately 15,000 individuals traveling to campus daily19, UNMC/NM’s campus has a significant impact on the traffic in midtown Omaha. Adopting policies that encourage use of active or lower-emission transportation options can reduce road congestion, reduce pollution, promote healthy lifestyles, and preserve infrastructure.

Baselines UNMC/NM employees and students completed a transportation survey in March 2012. The survey provided the baseline data for this Plan. Primary Metric: • Mode Split: the percent of employees and students commuting to campus by a means other than driving alone in a vehicle. • Baseline: 12.7 percent Secondary Metric: • Total Parking Spaces: the number of parking spaces available on campus. • Baseline: 8,925 (calendar year 2012) A parking space ratio (number of fulltime equivalent employees and students per parking space) was also considered as a secondary metric. However, due to lack of available data regarding full-time equivalent employees who are primarily located on UNMC/NM’s 42nd & Dewey campus, this metric was not included. As this data becomes available in the future, UNMC/NM should consider tracking this intensity metric, which will provide another approach for comparing UNMC/NM to other health care and university facilities.

Goal Commuter Mode Split By the end of 2023, increase to 20 percent the percentage of commuting trips that occur by modes other than driving alone in a conventionally-fueled vehicle