Transportation Options Program
Updated February 4, 2025
5-Year Strategic Plan is now available
We've developed a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Programs 5-Year Strategic Plan to guide our programs for the next 5+ years. This Plan directly supports the priorities established in the Seattle Transportation Plan, including reducing transportation emissions and encouraging the use of non-drive alone travel options. Through this work, we identify ways to improve our existing programs as well as further expand our offerings to new audiences beyond the traditional focus on 9-to-5 commuters, including residents, visitors, and more. Work to implement the plan is already underway and more updates will come to this space soon!
SDOT’s Transportation Options group is focused on fostering sustainable mobility. Through citywide Transportation Demand Management (TDM), strategies, our work decreases reliance on single occupancy vehicles and supports people walking, rolling, biking, scooting, riding transit, and using alternative work arrangements like telework and flexwork. Shifting trips to these options means less congestion and decreased emissions, as well as a better travel experience around the city.
We support SDOT's vision to provide safe and affordable access to places and opportunities. The Seattle Transportation Plan sets a goal of 63% of all trips in the city to be taken by walking and rolling, biking and scooting, and taking transit by 2044. The Transportation Options team implements vital strategies in support of this goal.
Our Approach to Supporting Transportation Options
Our program portfolio advances goals in the following areas:
Awareness
People are more aware of and utilize a variety of travel modes for all trips.
Sustainability
Transportation options lead to fewer vehicle miles traveled and fewer greenhouse gas emissions. The negative impacts of the transportation system are reduced and more equitably distributed.
Livability
Transportation options make communities more livable by providing better access to opportunities and creating more vibrant public spaces.