We envision a future where sustainable, affordable travel options are accessible, widely known, and convenient for everyone.
CONNECT Centralina is a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program that encourages sustainable alternatives to driving alone. We help employers, communities, educational institutions, and individuals better understand their commute options and develop strategies that make traveling easier, more affordable, and more sustainable.
Improving commuter choices can expand workforce and student mobility, support work-life balance, lower transportation costs, and create a healthier environment. CONNECT Centralina can help by:
Do you know the easiest way to get where you're going? Do your employees or students? We help people discover commute options they may not know exist through outreach, events, and communications that make trying a new travel option easy.
Not sure where to start? We identify where employees or students are traveling from and what would make their commute easier through surveys, ZIP code analysis, and customized toolkits.
Good commute options only work if people know about them. We connect organizations with incentives, programs, and resources that make choosing a smarter commute an easy decision.
You don't have to do this alone. We connect organizations with transit providers, local governments, and employers already working to improve commuting across the region.
CONNECT Centralina helps employers throughout the greater Charlotte region develop commuter programs that give employees more flexible and cost-effective ways to get to work. Smarter commuting strategies can reduce parking demand, improve employee satisfaction and retention, and support regional goals to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.
We can help make changing your commute easier. Explore the transportation options available throughout the greater Charlotte region.
Flexible work schedules, like compressed work weeks and telecommuting, can reduce commute time and improve work/life balance.
Discover safe and convenient walking and biking options in our region through Sustain Charlotte’s Navigating without Driving resources.
Carpooling and vanpooling help save money on gas, tolls and car maintenance. Check out CATS’ vanpool information and tips below.
See your local transit service operator to find bus or train routes to get you where you need to go.
CONNECT Centralina is the region’s first Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program. TDM programs encourage sustainable travel through education, marketing, and incentives that help people better understand and use existing transportation options.
Following an 18-month planning process, the Centralina Regional Council Executive Board adopted the CONNECT Centralina Regional TDM Plan in September 2024 and officially launched the program. Since then, CONNECT Centralina has worked with employers, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and transportation partners to promote sustainable commuting and reduce drive-alone trips throughout the region.
CONNECT Centralina helps employers in the greater Charlotte region develop and support commuter programs that provide employees with more flexible and cost-effective travel options. By implementing CONNECT Centralina strategies, employers can reduce parking demand, improve employee satisfaction and retention and contribute to regional goals for reduced traffic congestion and improved air quality.
For more information, check out the resources below:
As part of the program launch, CONNECT Centralina, in partnership with Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization, conducted a series of TDM pilot projects in Iredell, Mecklenburg and Union counties, focusing on employment, healthcare and educational centers. These pilots will help partners understand the barriers to alternative travel options and develop TDM strategies to address them.
In 2024, Centralina finalized the regional TDM plan, outlining the vision, goals, strategies and implementation roadmap for the CONNECT Centralina program.
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