310 CMR 7.16 U Reduction of Single Occupant Commuter Vehicle Use

• Library: Code of Massachusetts Regulations
• Edition: 2020
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 1433, December 25, 2020
• Citation: 310 CMR 7.16
• Year: 2020

(1) Commencing with the effective date of 310 CMR 7.16 each affected facility (except as provided below) shall diligently and expeditiously implement and thereafter continuously maintain the following mandatory measures which are designed to achieve a goal of reducing the number of single occupant commuter vehicles customarily commuting daily to each employment facility as of its base date by 25% or as adjusted pursuant to 310 CMR 7.16(7):

(a) making available to commuters any pass program offered by the area transit authority, if any commuter to the facility uses the public transit facilities of such Authority as part of his daily commuting trip, including making all administrative arrangements for commuters to purchase the pass and thereby participate in the pass program and encouraging commuters to participate by such means as publicizing the availability of the pass program and the cost advantages thereof.

(b) posting in a conspicuous place or places the schedules, rates and routes of every bus which serves the facility including the services offered by the area transit authority and any privately or publicly operated services which may exist in the immediate vicinity of the employer.

(c) providing incentives for bicycle commuting such as secure locking facilities and removal of restrictive rules against bicycle usage at the facility.

(d) negotiating with authorities in charge of bus lines serving the facility for improved service to the facility, including providing information on the location and density of employees' residences and commuting times to be used for route planning by local transit authorities.

(e) conducting a carpooling program (either alone or in cooperation with neighboring facilities) which:1. matches on a regularly recurring basis (not less often than once every 12 months) the names, addresses, and suitable contact information of all commuters who commute in single-occupant commuter vehicles or carpool to a facility or group of neighboring facilities and who express interest in carpooling, so that such commuters with similar daily travel patterns are informed and aware of each other for the purpose of forming carpools; 2. continuously publicizes the advantages of carpooling, both in terms of savings of fuel and money and any incentive in effect at the facility; 3. creates incentives for carpool formation by providing persons who carpool with first call on available parking space or spaces which are closest to entrances to the facility; and, 4. provides information for carpooling program to prospective and new employees, and offers new employees the opportunity to participate in such program.

(f) In the case of an employment facility with 1,000 or more employees, implementing a vanpool program which shall include the following elements:1. The employer shall:a. cooperate with a non-profit third-party vanpool program and offer their employees the opportunity to participate in such a program; or b. post in a conspicuous place and regularly notify all employees of an outstanding offer to acquire (by purchase, lease or otherwise), insure and make available to any group of at least ten employees a van for their use as a vanpool. Such offer, a copy of which shall be sent to the Secretary at the time of the employer's first updated report, shall include the procedures by which vanpools are offered and the conditions upon which the offer is contingent, including acceptance by the prospective driver of the responsibility for providing regular service, training backup drivers, and arranging vehicle maintenance, and acceptance by each other member of the prospective group of responsibility for payment of a pro rata share of all direct costs (such as rental charge, licensing costs, insurance tolls, fuel and repair) and indirect costs (such as depreciation and interest on borrowed funds) of the operation and maintenance of the vehicle. c. notify the Secretary when it is learned that ten or more employees are interested in forming a vanpool.2....