The Pleasanton City Council has determined a 45% reduction of peak hour traffic in Pleasanton will be necessary over the next four years. To help achieve this goal, the council passed the Transportatio11 Systems Management (TSM) Ordinance in October of 1984.

Of the goals put forth in the ordinance, one of the most important is the need  "to maximize the use of commute modes other than the single-occupancy vehicle through cooperative development of city-wide programs and means.''

Hacienda Business Park, in an effort to comply with the requirements of the Pleasanton TSM ordinance, has initiated convenient mass transit ticket sales for all Hacienda employees. Offering transit ticket sales on-site is an incentive that has worked effectively in areas such as Santa Clara County to increase transit ridership.

Initially, BART, AC Transit and Contra Costa Transit tickets will be sold, but the variety of tickets available will be expanded in response to employee's interests. $21 Adult BART tickets will be available at the reduced price of $20. AC Transit 20-ride tickets, and Central Contra Costa Transit monthly bus passes and Commuter Cards will also be sold.

Tickets for December are on sale to Hacienda Business Park employees through December 5, 1984, at the Chabot Center Community Room, 4637 Chabot Drive, room 107, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ·Tickets for subsequent months will be-available from the 25th of the month preceeding the month in which they are to be used and continue through the 5th of the following month.

The transit pass program, "Regional Transit Connection", was recently established by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The purpose of the program is to make the sale of transit tickets to employees at the work site as convenient as possible for employers. By making only one phone call, the company transportation coordinator can order tickets from several transit systems. Before the program was established, employers would have had to contact the transit agencies individually.

With "Regional Transit Connection", the sales procedure is uniform for all tickets, and allows employers to get the tickets on consignment. At the end of the selling period, the company returns any unsold tickets and the money collected or tickets sold. The Metropolitan 'Transportation Commission hopes that this new procedure will encourage employers to promote transit and make it more convenient for employees who ride BART or other transit services.

Employers interested in participating in the Regional Transit Connection Program should contact Carol Condon at (415) 949-1250. Hacienda employees should contact their commute coordinator for more information: AT&T, Jennifer Henard and Dale Chesnutt at 460-4562; Crum & Forster, Denise Frak at 847-2605; and Chabot Center, Polly Welsh at 463-2300.

To see a reproduction of the original article and edition of Pleasanton Pathways, visit: December 03, 1984 Pathways.