This document summarizes a presentation given by Tim Lindholm, Director of Capital Projects for Los Angeles Metro, at the Opportunity Green Conference at UCLA on November 17, 2007. Some key points: - Los Angeles Metro operates over 2,200 buses and 73 miles of subway and light rail across LA County with a $3 billion annual budget. - Metro has the largest fleet of clean air compressed natural gas buses in the nation and has built the largest solar power generation facility for a transit agency. - Metro is working to expand public transit options through projects currently under construction like the Expo Line and projects in planning stages, but traffic and air quality remain problems for LA. - To truly address these issues

1. Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
OPPORTUNITY GREEN CONFERENCE
University of California Los Angeles
November 17, 2007
Tim Lindholm, R.G.
Director of Capital Projects, Metro

2. About Los Angeles Metro
• Over 2,200 peak-hour weekday buses
• 73.1 miles of subway and light rail
• Freeway service patrol
• Planner, Builder, Operator, and
Funding Agency for County
• $3 billion annual budget
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3. Sustainability at Metro……
Largest fleet of clean air CNG buses in the nation…..
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4. Sustainability at Metro……
Metro recently completed our first facility built in
accordance with LEED Building Standards……..
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5. Sustainability at Metro….
Metro has built the largest solar generation facility in
the transit business……..
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6. What has Metro Accomplished?
It worked out so well we just finished our second
one……
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7. Sustainability at Metro…….
And we will start our third in January 2008, our
biggest yet at 1 megawatt of power
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8. Sustainability at Metro……
We retrofitted all escalators with power-saving motor
controllers to save energy costs…..
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9. Sustainability at Metro…….
Metro is aggressively developing transit-oriented
development projects at our transit stations…..
38 proposed developments and counting…….
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10. Sustainability at Metro……
We are reaching out to the public and marketing our
services…….
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11. Sustainability at Metro……
Metro designed, built, and is expanding one of the
largest transit systems in the nation……..
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12. Map of Metro Rail System
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13. Under Construction
•Directly connects
to Gold Line
•Six miles long
with eight new
stations
•Started
construction in
2004
•Union Station to
Beverly/Atlantic
•Complete in Late
2009
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14. Under Construction
•Connects
Metro Exposition Line Downtown to
Santa Monica
•Parallels 10
freeway
•Phase I started
2006 and will
complete late 2010
•Phase II to Santa
Monica in
Planning and will
be complete 2015.
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15. Design/EIR Phase
Metro Orange Line
Chatsworth Extension •North Hollywood
to Chatsworth
•Extension of
existing Busway
from Warner
Center
•Terminates at
Chatsworth
Transit Center
•Planned Opening
in 2012
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16. Metro System Map in 2015
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17. Future Rail/Bus Corridor Planning
“Subway to the Sea” Downtown Connector
Crenshaw/Prairie
Gold Line Extension to Montclair
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18. But there is still bad news……
LA still has the worst And we still have the
traffic in the nation….. worst air quality in the
nation……..
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19. Peak Oil
Peak Oil production is expected some time this decade:
Transportation is totally reliant on fossil fuels
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20. Energy Consumption by Mode
Last Revised: October 2004
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 23.
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21. Transportation Is California’s Largest
Source of CO2
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22. AB 32: Mandatory Emissions Reductions
2050 Target
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23. Impacts of Climate Change for LA
Public Health & Air Quality – More
Heatwave & Respiratory Illness,
Diseases
Rising tides & violent storms- LA/LB
Climate Changes Ports 43% of US trade.
Temperature
Increase Sea Level and Violent Storms LAX-
Precipitation World’s 5th Busiest Airport
Patterns and
Extremes Costs to protect/evacuate
Forest Adjacent & Coastal Communities
Sea Level
Rise Reduced Water Supply, Quality &
Increased Costs
Source: Anne Grambsch, 1998
Increased Energy Supply
costs/Stress on infrastructure
Hardest on poor, minority residents, exacerbating
existing economic & social inequalities.
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24. Perhaps radical thinking is in order…..
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25. This hints at the solution……
Least GHG Emissions Most
40% of all trips under 2 miles
61% under 5 miles
17-20% of adults would bike to
work sometimes if it was safer
Walking, Bicycling and Transit is the most sustainable
form of transportation
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26. And so does this……
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27. We need to break the dependency cycle…
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28. The answer is smarter growth…..
40% of all trips under 2 miles
61% under 5 miles
17-20% of adults would bike to
work sometimes if it was safer
We need to get more vehicles off the roads and highways
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29. Smarter Growth in Technology
40% of all trips under 2 miles
61% under 5 miles
17-20% of adults would bike to
work sometimes if it was safer
We need to invest in alternative fuels for personal,
commercial, and industrial uses
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30. Smarter Growth in Funding
40% of all trips under 2 miles
61% under 5 miles
17-20% of adults would bike to
work sometimes if it was safer
The federal funding trend that funds more for
highways than public transit must reverse
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31. Smarter Growth in Mobility
40% of all trips under 2 miles
61% under 5 miles
17-20% of adults would bike to
work sometimes if it was safer
We need to expand our existing public transit and
goods movement corridors
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32. Smarter Growth in Goods Movement
We need to green our ports and invest in clean
technology for goods movement (rail/truck)
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33. Smarter Growth in Demand Management
40% of all trips under 2 miles
61% under 5 miles
17-20% of adults would bike to
work sometimes if it was safer
We need to consider potentially unpopular
approaches, such as congestion pricing
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34. Smarter Growth and Good Urban Design
We need to plan and build our communities smarter by
embracing pedestrian environments (walking, bikes,
transit) with less parking and density near transit
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35. Questions and Discussion
“We stand here confronted by
insurmountable opportunities”
---Walt Kelly---
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