Denver International Airport (DEN) was recently awarded the 2024 Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) Excellence in Planning Award for DEN’s Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan. DEN’s TDM Plan aims to improve airport access for passengers and employees while promoting sustainable transportation options.
“DEN’s passengers and employees depend on a well-developed, multi-modal transportation system to access the airport. Our Transportation Demand Management Plan aims to improve ground transportation to and from DEN as we prepare to serve 100 million passengers annually while promoting sustainable transportation,” DEN CEO Phil Washington said. “As our plan moves to the next phases and as alternatives to drive alone trips are refined, we will remain committed to improving commuter and community mobility to create a better journey for passengers, employees and other Peña Boulevard users.”
DEN’s Mobility Study was conducted to identify strategies to reduce demand on Peña Boulevard and other roadways, reduce the environmental impacts associated with vehicle trips and improve access to the airport for employees and passengers. The award DEN received specifically recognizes that the TDM program will reduce employee drive-alone trips by ten percent and increase passenger use of transit by ten percent, all before 2035, by implementing strategies to incentivize employees to take alternative modes of transportation. Examples of these strategies include the option to purchase a transit ticket when airline tickets are purchased, as well as vanpool and carpool programs for employees, among others. Additionally, DEN secured a $1.2 million grant in 2023 to begin implementing the TDM program.
The next step in this process is for DEN to begin implementing its TDM plan, which includes 20 different strategies that encourage passengers and employees alike to consider sustainable transportation to the airport.
DEN’s TDM plan is available on flydenver.com.
