R307-320-3. Definitions

The following additional definitions apply to R307-320:

"Compressed Work Week" means any work schedule that eliminates at least one commute trip to a work site in each two week period.

"Drive-alone Rate" means the number of single-occupancy vehicles divided by the sum of single-occupancy vehicles, plus employees using mass transit, ridesharing, biking, walking, telecommuting or having credit for a compressed work week. The drive-alone rate calculation must be based on a typical Monday through Friday work week.

Drive-alone Rate = single-occupancy vehicles/(single-occupancy vehicles + mass transit users + rideshare participants + bikers + walkers + telecommuters + credit for compressed work week).

"Employee" means any person including persons employed by public universities or school districts, who works at or reports to a single work site at least three days per week for at least six months of the year.

"Employee Transportation Coordinator" means a person assigned the responsibility of developing, implementing, monitoring, tracking, and marketing the trip reduction plan for the employer.

"Employer" means federal, state, or local entity, or any other public department, district (including public universities or public school districts), or agency.

"Peak Travel Period" means the period beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 10 a.m., Mondays through Fridays.

"Ridesharing" means transportation of more than one person for commute purposes in a vehicle.

"Single-occupancy Vehicles" means vehicles traveling to the work site with a driver and no passengers during the peak travel period.

"Target Drive-alone Rate" means a twenty percent reduction in the drive alone rate based on the 1990 census data for modes of travel in each county. The target drive-alone rate schedule is as follows:

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TARGET DRIVE-ALONE RATE SCHEDULE

                            Davis County Salt Lake County

                            Drive-Alone Rate Drive-Alone Rate

From 1990 Census Data 0.76 0.77

1st year interim target 0.72 0.73

drive-alone rate

2nd year interim target 0.68 0.69

drive-alone rate

3rd year interim target 0.67 0.67

drive-alone rate

4th year interim target 0.65 0.65

drive-alone rate

5th year interim target 0.63 0.64

drive-alone rate

6th year interim target 0.61 0.62

drive-alone rate

Target drive-alone rate 0.61 0.62

"Telecommuting" means working at home or at a satellite work site, provided the employee does not use a single-occupancy vehicle to travel to the satellite work site.

"Trip Reduction Plan" means a set of strategies designed to reduce the drive-alone rate.

"Vehicle" means motorcycles and on-road vehicles powered by a gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine with nine or less seating positions for adults.

"Work Site" means a building and any group of buildings that are on physically contiguous parcels of land or on parcels separated solely by private or public roadways or rights-of way.