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Appendix C
GreenHouse Gas Emissions Savings from Selected
Transit Agencies
Results provided in this appendix are drawn from a 2008 study by CALPIRG. That study calculated emissions reductions
for a sample of transit agencies using data from the National Transit Database and the Texas Transportation Institute's Urban
Mobility Report. Calculations accounted for mode shift, congestion reduction, and compact development impacts.
Agency Annual Carbon Dioxide Emission
Agency Name State
Abbreviation Reductions (thousand metric tons)
MTA New York City Transit NYCT NY 10,470
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
WMATA MD 1,852
Authority
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART CA 1,711
District
Chicago Transit Authority CTA IL 1,293
Massachusetts Bay Transportation
MBTA MA 1,213
Authority
New Jersey Transit Corporation NJ TRANSIT NJ 1,201
MTA Long Island Rail Road MTA LIRR NY 950
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Trans-
LACMTA CA 862
portation Authority
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Com-
MTA-MNCR NY 725
pany, dba: MTA Metro-North Railroad
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transporta-
SEPTA PA 713
tion Authority
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
MARTA GA 644
Authority
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter
Metra IL 632
Railroad Corporation
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PATH NJ 395
Corporation
Maryland Transit Administration MTA MD 245
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
TriMet OR 274
District of Oregon
San Diego Trolley, Inc. MTS CA 281
Dallas Area Rapid Transit DART TX 164
San Francisco Municipal Railway MUNI CA 198
Miami-Dade Transit MDT FL 130
Southern California Regional Rail
Metrolink CA 178
Authority
Metro Transit MN 88
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Agency Annual Carbon Dioxide Emission
Agency Name State
Abbreviation Reductions (thousand metric tons)
Bi-State Development Agency METRO MO 125
Utah Transit Authority UTA UT 121
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris
Metro TX 104
County, Texas
Denver Regional Transportation District RTD CO 85
Sacramento
Sacramento Regional Transit District CA 99
RT
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board PCJPB CA 106
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit
GCRTA OH 73
Authority
King County Department of Transpor-
tation - Metro Transit Division King WA 88
County Metro
Port Authority Transit Corporation PATCO NJ 88
Academy Lines, Inc. NJ 73
City and County of Honolulu Depart-
DTS HI 54
ment of Transportation Services
Northern Indiana Commuter Transpor-
NICTD IN 56
tation District
Orange County Transportation
OCTA CA 35
Authority
Santa Clara Valley Transportation
VTA CA 53
Authority
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit
ST WA 50
Authority
Virginia Railway Express VRE VA 53
Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority,
NY 20
dba: MTA Long Island Bus
Hudson Transit Lines, Inc. Short Line NJ 47
Port Authority of Allegheny County Port Authority PA 22
Regional Transportation Commission of
RTC NV 32
Southern Nevada
MTA Bus Company MTABUS NY -72
Pace - Suburban Bus Division PACE IL 33
South Florida Regional Transportation
TRI-Rail FL 25
Authority
Suburban Transit Corporation Coach USA NJ 34
City of Detroit Department of
DDOT MI 29
Transportation
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit SORTA /
OH 15
Authority Metro
North County Transit District NCTD CA 24
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San Diego Metropolitan Transit System MTS CA 1
Westchester County Bee-Line System
NY 23
The Bee-Line System
Source: Baxandall, P., T. Dutzik, and Joshua Hoen Frontier Group, A Better Way to Go: Meeting America's 21st Century
Transportation Challenges with Modern Public Transit, California's Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) Education
Fund, 2008.
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Abbreviations used without definition in TRB Publications:
AAAE American Association of Airport Executives
AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACINA Airports Council InternationalNorth America
ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
APTA American Public Transportation Association
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATA Air Transport Association
ATA American Trucking Associations
CTAA Community Transportation Association of America
CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DOE Department of Energy
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FRA Federal Railroad Administration
FTA Federal Transit Administration
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials
NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program
NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SAFETY-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:
A Legacy for Users (2005)
TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program
TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998)
TRB Transportation Research Board
TSA Transportation Security Administration
U.S.DOT United States Department of Transportation
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