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Greening Mass Transit & Metro Regions: 2 What’s Inside The Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability and the MTA 5 Why We Must Accelerate the Greening of the MTA 6 Why Greening the MTA Makes Economic Sense 8 Transit’s Four Green Economic Impacts 8 Top Recommendations for Greening the MTA and the MTA Region 10 Strategy for the 21st Century: Legislative and Policy Recommendations at a Glance 12 Reports and Recommendations 15 Energy/Carbon 17 Baseline 18 Transformational Recommendations 19 Near-Term Recommendations 22 Achievements To Date 25 Facilities 26 Baseline 29 Transformational Recommendations 30 Near-Term Recommendations 32 Achievements To Date 32 Smart Growth/TOD 35 Baseline 36 Transformational Recommendations 37 Near-Term Recommendations 38 Achievements To Date 41 Materials Flow 42 Baseline 44 Transformational Recommendations 45 Near-Term Recommendations 48 Achievements To Date 49 Water Management 51 Baseline 52 Transformational Recommendations 53 Near-Term Recommendations 54 Achievements To Date 55 Climate Adaptation 56 Baseline 58 Transformational Recommendations 59 Near-Term Recommendations 59 Summary Findings and Next Steps 61
Strategy for the 21st Century: Legislative and Policy Recommendations 63 Federal Government’s Role 64 Ten Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives (RGGI) States’ Role 66 State of New York’s Role 67 State of Connecticut’s Role 68 New York City’s Role 69 Suburban Counties and City Governments’ Role 69 Transit’s Triple Bottom Line 71 Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island, Brooklyn is the first subway station to use solar energy. Acknowledgments 78 Appendices 80 Profile of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) 81 Energy/Carbon – Traction Power Report 81 Energy/Carbon – Renewable Energy Report 81 Smart Growth/TOD: Bicycles as a Transit Link 82 Smart Growth/TOD: Case Studies 87 Smart Fleets Report 89 Climate Adaptation 89 3
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Page 19 and 20: Energy/Carbon Energy use, fuel cons
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Green Ideas from MTA Employees All
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74 Assumptions Used in the SROI Ill
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78 Pro Bono Experts Amanda Eaken, N
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