Greening Mass Transit & Metro Regions: The Final Report - MTA

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“Over the next 40 years, the U.S.
is projected to grow by 90 million people and the
New York metropolitan area by 4 million. We simply
cannot afford the economic, social, and environmental
impacts of sprawl. The solution is to
develop our metropolitan areas around transit, and
the MTA is a model of such regional transit service.
In addition to accommodating future growth, we
must also mitigate and adapt to the impacts of
climate change and biodiversity loss. To do all this,
the MTA system must both grow and, at the same
time, reduce its own environmental footprint. The
result will be a more robust and resilient region.
The work of this Commission, along with the contributions
of hundreds of MTA employees, sets us
on the right path to advance this essential work.”
Jonathan F.P. Rose
Chair, Blue Ribbon Commission
on Sustainability and the MTA