REDUCED COMMUTING COSTS
For many people, transit is much more economical than driving to work alone:

+ Annual costs for riding transit to work every day range from $200 to more than $2,000, depending on miles traveled, and whether time or day, express, transfer, or other charges are applicable. A typical transit commuter might pay $750 per year ($1.50 each way, twice a day, 50 weeks per year). http://www.dartfirststate.com

+ The American Automobile Association (AAA) in 1998 estimated the annual commuting cost to a single occupant driver to be $4,660 for a small car and up to $9,441 for a sport utility vehicle, depending on miles driven. http://www.dartfirststate.com

+ If one member of a typical family with two or more automobiles used public transit to commute to work every day instead of driving alone, and it was assumed that transit commuting costs were $750 per year, and the family could get rid of one automobile, they could save from $3,630 to $7,870 per year. http://www.dartfirststate.com

A Transit Partnership - TMA Delaware http://www.tmadelaware.org
Transportation Management Association (TMA Delaware) has been successfully fostering public and private solutions to Delaware's transportation issues since 1990. TMA Delaware provides the resources, focus and forum for these solutions. But its real strength is in the collective commitment of its members. The members of TMA understand how their direct involvement affects the success of their association.

Services and Benefits Customized Planning
TMA Delaware understands that no two worksites have the same transportation challenges, goals or solutions. To help businesses tailor strategies, TMA Delaware considers the corporate culture, business requirements, physical location and specific transportation issues each company faces.

TMA lends expertise and incorporates solutions from the collective experience of other TMA Delaware members to help determine the solutions that best fit a company's needs. Here are just a few of the ways TMA Delaware helps organizations:
+ Develop a commuter program
+ Research transit subsidy tax benefits
+ Plan a worksite publicity event for commuters
+ Identify potential employee shuttle routes
+ Implement a parking management strategy or telecommuting pilot

As a TMA Delaware member, businesses are kept informed of the latest local, regional and national transportation trends that affect their employees, worksites and the "bottom line."

Advocacy
No single voice speaks as forcefully as a collection of voices speaking as one. TMA Delaware represents individual employer's concerns on the local, regional and national levels. TMA Delaware serves on a wide variety of transportation-related committees and organizations on behalf of their members, and is committed to keeping their members informed of new laws, legislation and implications.

TMA Delaware also acts as the focal point for coordinating the numerous opportunities for collective action, which increases the effectiveness and efficiency of members' efforts by avoiding duplication.

Benefits
TMA Delaware membership yields many important benefits, including:

+ Tax reductions for employers who participate in voluntary traffic mitigation programs
+ Reduction of traffic congestion during peak commuting hours
+ Expansion of business' labor markets
+ Increased employee productivity
+ Overall improvement in Delaware's air quality

Membership
TMA Delaware members are employers who understand the need to take a proactive role in finding transportation solutions. TMA Delaware membership is about shaping the solutions that will affect the transportation choices of employees, and ultimately, of all individuals who work and live in Delaware.

Membership includes a variety of private sector businesses, management companies, developers and transportation professionals, as well as, public agencies and local government entities. Membership is established by the payment of annual dues.

For more information, please contact
TMA Delaware at (302) 658-9001
www.tmadelaware.org

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