New York’s MTA Looks to Cut Carbon Footprint 85% by 2040
- Plan includes growing ridership, updating facilities
- Builds on bus fleet transition to zero-emission vehicles
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the largest transit system in the country, will announce plans on Thursday to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 85% across the system by 2040.
The plan is more aggressive than New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s pledge to cut emissions by the same amount statewide by 2050 from a 1990 baseline. However, Jamie Torres-Springer, president of MTA Construction & Development, said the agency can move faster.