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Sustainability Report, Therefore, Shares Both Sides of Our Concludes with Our Vision Forward Sustainability Story sustainability 2018 report INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX MARTA’s Contribution to Sustainability The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) provides essential transportation services for the Atlanta million Metropolitan Region, home to over 4.4 4.4 1 people in Atlanta Metro Area million people. MARTA provides bus and rail service to more than 500,000 passengers on a daily basis2, including services to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world.3 500,000 In addition, MARTA provides specialized bus & rail paratransit van services to residents needing assistance. MARTA’s role in passengers daily Metropolitan Atlanta is uniquely ours, service to providing a comprehensive and wide- reaching transit option that connects people to employment, entertainment, and recreation. As a result of a growing Atlanta area population, and exciting expansion opportunities into more counties and airport specialized new routes, increased ridership is projected to continue into future years. With increased routes and increased ridership, our role in the Atlanta region’s discussions about transportation, paratransit connectivity and environment will only grow in years to come. 1 INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX At MARTA, we have enjoyed the challenge and opportunity to define what sustainability means internally, and to increase how we contribute to the broader sustainability of the Atlanta Metropolitan Region. Sustainability is As a public transit agency whose Our recent Carbon Footprint Update part of both our objectives and daily operations, as well as a goal in and mission is to provide safe and reliable for 2016 found that MARTA’s provision of itself. alternative forms of transportation, we of alternative transportation (alternative are as proud of our contributions to options to using single occupancy Our internal initiatives are viewed in terms of our attempts to realize the sustainability in the Atlanta Metropolitan passenger vehicles) to the Atlanta Triple Bottom Line: Region as we are of our own internal population prevents 638,624 metric sustainability accomplishments. As a tons of carbon dioxide equivalent4 from result of operating our buses and trains, being released into the atmosphere MARTA helps eliminate passenger due to mobility mode shift, congestion vehicles from our roadways daily. By relief, and changing land use. 1 2 3 reducing vehicle miles travelled, MARTA Achieving Having a net- Improving the is actively improving the region’s air cost-savings positive impact on communities in quality, which has improved substantially the environment which we operate, over the last decade. MARTA currently work, and live helps to alleviate heavy traffic issues that lengthen commutes and contribute to air pollution. 2 INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX MARTA’s commitment to sustainability was originally made several years ago, though our story has only just begun. October 27 2008 2009 The MARTA Became a founding Board approved a policy on of the American Public Transportation signatory Association’s (APTA) Sustainability Commitment. The APTA initiative provided additional guidance and a solid framework for sustainability MARTA’s sustainability program. MARTA initially completed the signatory level which formally established our sustainability program. of APTA’s program by passing a Board action on sustainability, identifying a sustainability champion within the organization, establishing an outreach MARTA committed to respecting our environment and to program on sustainability for all staff, and undertaking a sustainability inventory reducing our dependence on non-renewable energy and by establishing baseline measurements of greenhouse gas emissions (2008) resources. At that time, the sustainability vision included and resource consumption Authority-wide (2012). several key points: • Establish MARTA’s environmental baseline and develop a comprehensive sustainability master plan • Reduce MARTA’s environmental footprint • Increase MARTA’s use of green products and services 2011 • Increase the volume of recycled materials MARTA introduced • Increase savings and Return on Investment (ROI) renewables into the through greening strategies agency’s energy portfolio 2012 with the installation of MARTA begins the solar panels baseline year at the Laredo Bus Facility. for the majority of the sustainability data that MARTA monitors. 3 INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX 2015 MARTA’s commitment and efforts to date were acknowledged with the award of bronze level 2016 recognition by APTA.5 Below are some high level data points showing the progress 2018 we have made MARTA is now proud in reducing our impacts to have attained the on the environment. level of 2012 CNGE 2016 silver recognition in March 2018 for our sustainability efforts. EMISSION (CO2e per PMT) 0.643 0.580 -10% In our most recent application we highlighted a number of the programs in this report including our LEED WTER (gallons per PMT) 0.048 -27% 0.035 (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver buildings, energy efficiency upgrades, wash water WASTE recycling, and transit-oriented development efforts. (lbs. per PMT) 0.0064 -13% 0.0056 This recent accomplishment was announced publicly All metrics are normalized by our ridership metric (passenger by APTA at their July 2018 Sustainability & Multimodal miles traveled or PMT); this makes our values more comparable Planning Workshop. to other transit agencies and accounts for our increasing service levels. Initiatives enacted to achieve these reductions are further described later in the report. 4 INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX MARTA has thrived in the self-imposed This Report is constructed of four main Of course, we recognize that the ambition of expanding our sustainability sections, each of which tells a chapter comprehensive implementation of program to include challenging of our story of sustainability: all these initiatives is ongoing. As MARTA continues to take initiatives to address our internal we continue to learn, improve, and and external operations. Historically, progress, MARTA will find further its role seriously, both we have not been as proactive at ways to integrate sustainability in Atlanta Metropolitan telling the story of sustainability at into our operations, as well as Region’s sustainability MARTA; this report aims to address Buildings Community new opportunities to contribute efforts and as an industry that. We are excited to highlight the to the sustainability of the leader in sustainability. accomplishments of our sustainability Atlanta Metropolitan Region. Our We believe that this report program since its inception. Sustainability Report, therefore, shares both sides of our concludes with our Vision Forward sustainability story. Environment Climate and what next steps we foresee for MARTA’s sustainability program. 5 INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX buildings building a more sustainable MARTA INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX MARTA is comprised of two main office buildings, 38 rail stations, five bus and three rail maintenance facilities, and other small facilities critical to our day-to-day operations and mission of providing transit to the Atlanta Metropolitan Region. In short, with over six million square feet, we are a significant property manager. As such, we recognized early on that our sustainability program would need to integrate with our building management and operations. From large one-time initiatives to changing the culture of how we operate facilities, MARTA has made major strides at increasing the sustainability of our built environment. MARTA’s approach to our buildings has three components: Improve efficiency within existing buildings and infrastructure Consider green design standards and best practices in new design Incorporate renewable energy when and where feasible 7 INTRO BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY CLIMATE VISION FORWARD APPENDIX efficiency upgrades motion-detecting light switches LED lights: Efficiency Upgrades longer life span, low energy consumption, With an inventory of buildings of MARTA implemented a major program MARTA is also using more LED lights better quality light varying ages, ranging from the 1970s designed to replace standard light due to the longer life span, low to 2016, much of our infrastructure switches with motion-detecting sensor energy consumption, and was constructed during times when light switches in multipurpose rooms, better quality of light design and technology had not reached such as conference, break, copy, and output. The brighter light quality the efficiency levels or standards that other similar rooms that have moderate makes them better candidates we currently have available today. to infrequent use. The sensors turn off for overall security camera Therefore, MARTA has begun making the lights when the room is not in use, resolution, and their long the necessary adjustments and thus reducing energy use and saving lifespan reduces long- upgrades to improve efficiency in many dollars. These light switches will be term maintenance and of our existing buildings. implemented Authority-wide over the replacement cost. Currently, MARTA coming years. The ROI of this project has LED installations in all tunnels and is less than three months from
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