Transportation Demand Management
Transportation Demand Management
The mission of the TDM program is to reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled by implementing cost-effective and innovative programs, services, projects, strategies, and policies that encourage and enable people to change their travel behavior. This mission, and the goals below, were developed through the TDM strategic planning process in 2016. The three major goals of the program are to:
1. Leverage existing and new partnerships to maximize technological opportunities, raise awareness of programs/services, and offer improved and new cost-effective programs/services that support alternative mode use and behavior change;
2. Better integrate TDM with planning and project delivery both to improve the land use/transportation planning process and promote new multimodal infrastructure when it is completed; and
3. Collect and analyze data to make smart investments that focus on long-term behavior change.
From Sheltering in Place to Telework
Help SACOG design a regional telework program that works for employers, employees, and air quality.
May 29, 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a live, two-month-and-counting experiment in telework for a significant share of the region’s employers and workers. As the Shelter-in-Place orders are incrementally lifted and the region transitions back to whatever the “new normal” will be, the region has an opportunity to hold on to the successful aspects of teleworking.
Get on Your Bike
May is Bike Month makes cycling fun
April 26, 2019: May is coming – and with it, the Sacramento region’s annual May is Bike Month campaign. Take advantage of the beautiful spring weather and longer days to join your friends, neighbors, and co-workers in their commitment to bicycling to work, school, errands, or for recreation or training this May. This is the 15th year that people throughout the Sacramento region are working together to opt for their bike pedals over the gas pedal, get some fresh air and exercise, and take cars off the road for all kinds of trips.
May is Bike Month is Almost Here!
Help us promote riding your bike during the month of May
It’s time to dust off your bikes, pump up your tires and join
your neighbors and co-workers during the Sacramento region’s
annual May is Bike Month campaign. This is the
15th year that partners will come together to promote
bicycling for all types of trips.
Help us promote May is Bike Month by copying text and using
graphics from our online tool
kit, which includes logos, draft social media posts,
newsletter text, and other resources to get the word out.
Taking a Bite out of Apple Harvest Traffic Jams
El Dorado County slashed agritourism traffic with help from Civic Lab accelerator
December 19, 2018: An innovative pilot program to slice traffic congestion around El Dorado County apple farms during the fall harvest took a big bite out of traffic delays, vehicle emissions, and driver frustration.
TDM Mini-Grant Program Phase II Applications – CLOSED
Up to $10,000 available per project
Across the country, local governments are deploying new pilot projects to test the effectiveness and community readiness for projects and programs that encourage bicycling, walking, ride sharing, riding transit, and teleworking as options to replace car trips. Have an idea for a pilot project in your community? Apply for our Mini-Grant program.
TDM Traditional Grant Applications Closed
Applications were due July 27 at 5:00pm
The purpose of SACOG’s Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program is to encourage people to drive alone less often by developing and implementing TDM programs, policies, services and/or information that promote bicycling, walking, riding transit, carpooling, vanpooling, and/or teleworking. The Traditional Grants are intended to provide funding for projects, programs, and events that have been tried, tested, and proven to be effective in changing travel behavior.
TDM Innovations Grant Applications Closed
Applications were due July 27 at 5:00pm
Across the country, local governments are deploying new pilot projects to test the effectiveness and community readiness for projects and programs that encourage bicycling, walking, ride sharing, riding transit, and teleworking as options to replace car trips. Have an idea for a pilot project in your community? Apply for an Innovations Grant.
TDM Mini-Grant Program
Award amount increased to $10,000 per project
Across the country, local governments are deploying new pilot projects to test the effectiveness and community readiness for projects and programs that encourage bicycling, walking, ride sharing, riding transit, and teleworking as options to replace car trips. Have an idea for a pilot project in your community? Apply for our Mini-Grant program.
Application Guidance for TDM Innovations Grant
Watch the Webinar
Have questions about the TDM Innovations Grant application process? Want to know how to make your application as competitive as possible? View the recording of the TDM Innovations Grant Application Training Webinar that took place on Wednesday, April 19th.
TDM Innovations Grant
Final applications CLOSED Friday, June 30th at 5:00pm
Think you have a solution that will get people in the Sacramento region to get out of their cars and can produce measurable results? Keep an eye out for future TDM Innovation Grants. Here are the details from previous TDM Innovations Grants.
Who Can Apply?
Eligible applicants are public agencies, non-profits, and colleges/universities. For-profit companies may be partners in an application, but not eligible to be the lead applicant.