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Further, information provided by local tech companies shows that commuters tend to utilize public transit, even in the absence of a formal TDM plan. For example, YuMe, located in downtown Redwood City, has indicated that approximately half of their Redwood City staff (approximately 185 persons) do not drive to work. Of the 50% that do drive to work, they tend to drive approximately three days per week and utilize other transportation options or flexible work schedules (telecommute or work at home) two days per week. YuMe provides every employee with a yearly CalTrain Go Pass and encourages public transit options even though they do not have a formal TDM plan in place. Three tech companies located in Palo Alto have surveyed their employees regarding commute patterns and found that 38% drive alone to work and 62% utilize alternative transportation options. SurveyMonkey, RelateIQ and Palantir combined have 270,725 square feet of office space with an average density of 1 employee per 228 feet. With a total combined 623 parking spaces (2.3/1,000 s.f.), the average daily cars on-site is 390, which is a 63% parking utilization rate. The survey also found that 78% of the employees go to downtown restaurants and bars at least once per week and 65% go to cafes and specialty drink shops at least once per week. On average, employees responded that they spend approximately $69 per week at restaurants, bars and cafes. In a broader context, the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association prepared a study of commute patterns and statistics for downtown Palo Alto (Downtown Palo Alto Mode Split Survey, May 2015) which shows that only 55% of employee trips into Downtown Palo Alto are single occupancy vehicle trips, with the remaining 45% of workers using alternative transportation options or flexible work options. Further, the drive alone rate tends to drop when business size increases (74% drive alone in companies with less than 25 employees, 61% drive alone in companies with 26-100 employees, and 41% drive alone in companies with over 100 employees). The study also shows that drive alone rates are significantly lower for workers under the age of 49 (51% drive alone) as compared to workers over 50 (70% drive alone). Moreover, payment of the in-lieu fee has benefits. By allowing the provision of a parking in-lieu fee, the City can provide additional public parking that is not tied to a single user or property. This allows the parking to simultaneously serve the needs of multiple downtown businesses and capitalizes on the different parking patterns of varied land uses. The City can also increase the parking supply through improved management of existing parking facilities. Examples of this include using valets to increase the number of cars parked in City garages and surface lots, and installing signage and mobile device apps to direct visitors to available parking. 7.A. - Page 17