The Metro Board of Directors today approved the agency’s first tree policy to help preserve and grow L.A. County’s urban tree canopy, which will help protect Metro customers from extreme heat and improve air quality. Metro’s tree policy is the first of its kind among transit agencies across the country. [continue reading]
As has become custom in recent years, Metro will be offering free bus, rail and bike share rides on Earth Day — Friday, April 22 — in recognition of public transit’s role in helping improve the environment. And, in particular, transit’s role in reducing greenhouse gases that cause climate change. [continue reading]
Honey bees prefer to forage for food within only a few miles of their hive. Sometimes that means their hives are built in unsuitable spaces — such as inside Metro [continue reading]
We’ve written regularly about how taking transit instead of driving solo is better for the environment. But don’t stop there! There are other small lifestyle changes you can make that [continue reading]
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 [continue reading]
pdf here Alternative 5C was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday as the ‘locally preferred alternative’ for the I-710 Corridor Project along with motions (see below) that [continue reading]
Three slides from the report. On the third slide, it’s worth noting that the way GHG emissions are calculated changed after 2014. The drop in GHG emissions occurred but was [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metrolink, which is funded in part by Metro: A $300 million investment for new locomotives will reduce emissions by up to 85% and result [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1: Major work now happening at all 3 station locations! pic.twitter.com/3TjxAVlGty — Purple Line Ext (@PurpleLineExt) December 20, 2016 Art of Transit 2: Watching this coyote look out over the ships coming in to San Francisco Bay, a certain son… https://t.co/Mv9t3Zvdfb pic.twitter.com/y6uvOKJ6Wp — Jaymi Heimbuch (@JaymiHeimbuch) December [continue reading]
As we’ve talked about on this blog before, taking transit instead of driving solo is one of the things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint and help slow the [continue reading]
