Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
Smarter travel choices, stronger approvals.
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies help communities and developers reduce reliance on single-occupancy vehicles and promote sustainable travel. By integrating tailored strategies into new developments, MDT creates balanced transportation solutions that align with city planning goals, unlocking reduced parking requirements when needed and helping projects align with municipal policy. MDT develops practical, implementable TDM plans that provide a roadmap for reducing traffic demand, improving mobility choices and supporting long-term sustainability through encouraging transit use, active transportation, carpooling, and other alternatives. Tailored to Toronto and Tier-1 municipal standards, our plans not only win approval points but also provide measurable, trackable results for your project.​
Reports/Deliverables
Our Traffic Demand Management (TDM) services focus on practical strategies that reduce reliance on single-occupancy vehicles and support more sustainable travel choices. We prepare comprehensive TDM plans, implementation and monitoring frameworks, trip reduction strategies tied to municipal policy, and policy support documentation for rezoning or site plan applications. Each plan is tailored to local standards—such as Toronto and Tier-1 municipalities—ensuring both compliance and impact.
Value to Client
By integrating TDM strategies into development proposals, clients can unlock lower parking requirements and realize significant construction savings. These strategies strengthen planning applications by aligning with municipal and policy expectations while also demonstrating innovation and sustainability to stakeholders and funders. The result is a more compelling case for approval and a more efficient use of project resources.
Relevant Expertise
Our team has developed TDM strategies for a range of projects, from rapid transit expansions to regional road widenings and municipal corridor planning. Experience includes corridor-level demand analysis, behavioural travel studies, and integration of trip reduction strategies into site-specific applications. This breadth of work ensures we can design TDM approaches that are practical, measurable, and defensible, helping clients win stronger approvals while advancing broader sustainability goals.