Transportation Management Office

The City of Santa Monica has made a commitment to improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion. To accomplish this, the City has implemented a variety of strategies. Ordinance 1604 is one of these strategies, administered by the Transportation Management Office

Because a vast majority of vehicle trips made in Santa Monica are from employees driving to and from work, Ordinance 1604 was designed to help reduce commute trips made by employees. The Ordinance promotes “ridesharing”, also know as alternate modes of transportation, for employees such as: walking, carpooling, vanpooling, biking, using public transit, compressed work schedules, telecommuting and other non-polluting forms of transit.

Ordinance 1604

Employers in the City of Santa Monica with 10 or more employees comply with the Ordinance and help reduce employee commute trips.

Employers with 10 - 49 employees provide each of their employees with information about ridesharing, educating their employees about air quality issues and alternatives to driving alone to work everyday.

Employers of 50 or more employees further encourage and entice employees to rideshare by implementing a variety of incentives and strategies.  A yearly employee survey tracks each employer’s progress in reducing drive alone trips.

The City of Santa Monica, as an employer in the City, also complies with Ordinance 1604 by reducing employee commute trips at all of our city sites and attaining the city's average vehicle ridership (AVR) goal of a minimum of 1.5 people per vehicle .

Parking Cash Out

The City of Santa Monica is the only city in the nation to implement a mandatory Parking Cash Out Program. Parking Cash Out, or AB2109, is a State law requiring employers of fifty or more employees who lease their parking, and subsidize any part of their employee parking to offer their employees the opportunity to give up their parking space and rideshare to work instead. In return for giving up their parking space, the employer pays the employee the cost of the parking space.

TMO Staff

If you have questions or would like more detailed information about the TMO or Ordinance 1604 please contact:

Jacquilyne Brooks de Camarillo
458-8956
Transportation Management Coordinator

Luis Morris
458-8957
Transportation Management Specialist

Awards and Honors

The Transportation Management Office has received several awards for its efforts to clean the air.

1991 Clean Air Award presented to the Transportation Management Office by the South Coast Air Quality Management District

1998 EPA special recognition and grant for the Transportation Management Office’s Parking Cash Out program.

1999 Diamond Award presented to the Transportation Management Office by Southern California Rideshare and the Association of Southern California Governments.

2003 Best Workplaces for Commuters by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Community Outreach:

TMO staff is available to meet with individual employers to make presentations to employees, offer assistance in plan completion and evaluate effectiveness of plan strategies, and provide assistance in clean air event planning

TMO staff promote clean air events such as: Bike to Work Week, Rideshare Week, Clean Air Month, Try Transit Week, Earth Day, and Walk to Work Week.

Links to Other Resources:

Ridesharing Information
Big Blue Bus
Metro
Metro Rideshare
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
California Bike Commute
Vanpool Information

Air Quality Information in Southern California
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Caltrans
Environmental Protection Agency
American Lung Association, California
American Lung Association

Air Resources Board For other Environmental Programs in the City of Santa Monica,
go to Environmental Programs Division