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BART outlines plan to decarbonize electricity and boost ridership; City panel discusses coordination

Commission on the Environment · May 24, 2016
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BART officials told the Commission the transit agency is pursuing policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from its electricity procurement, deploy on-site solar for stations and yards, pilot EV charging at stations and invest in service and station improvements to increase ridership.

Nick Josefowicz, a BART Board member, and Holly Gordon, BART’s sustainability manager, presented BART’s emerging strategy to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and prepare for an increasingly electrified regional transportation system. Josefowicz said BART is moving toward a policy of purchasing greenhouse-gas-free electricity and deploying on-site solar where…

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