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Metro explores new green energy options: placing a wind turbine in a subway...
Photos: Evan Rosenberg/Metro You’re standing on a subway station platform, waiting for the train. Suddenly, the wind picks up. You know this means the train is coming. Many of you may also know why...
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Everyday is Earth Day when it comes to Metro’s sustainability efforts
We know that taking public transportation is a great way to go green. But what you may not know is that Metro has a number of initiatives in the works that will make the agency even greener…which will...
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How are America’s transit agencies going green?
Solar canopies produce green energy and shade buses at MARTA’s Decatur garage. Here in the United States, public transportation saves 37 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and 4.2 billion gallons of...
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Bikes and walking + transit = lower greenhouse gas emissions
I thought that posting the above chart would be a nice way to begin Bike Week. As the chart neatly shows, taking transit can be an effective way to reduce greenhouse gases — especially those who bike...
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Metro’s new Complete Streets Policy gains national recognition
Metro’s Complete Streets Policy addresses better use of streets for all users. Metro’s newly adopted Complete Streets Policy, designed to help plan a better street environment for all types of users,...
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Transit and climate change (part 1)
First, I’d like to repeat something I’ve typed a lot over the years: generally speaking, taking transit instead of driving alone is a good way to help reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global...
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Electrification of Orange Line begins
In its ongoing commitment to deploy the cleanest, most energy-efficient transit vehicles in Los Angeles County, Metro will purchase five new 60-foot electric buses and eight new charging stations for...
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Looking for a way to fight climate change? Try taking transit, walking or biking
Source: Federal Transit Administration. As you may have heard, climate change has been in the news lately. Here is what we will say about that: the same thing we have been saying. Which is: generally...
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Permeable pavement and bio-retention pilot project helps capture, clean and...
One reason you may choose to take public transportation is to reduce your carbon footprint. And while one less car chugging away on the highway is great, by taking a bus or train you’re also supporting...
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Mobility at an intersection
In March, Los Angeles traffic as we know it vanished overnight after safer-at-home orders were issued. With the coronavirus beginning to claim lives, many of us would have welcomed the traffic back,...
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