sustainability in brooklyn: public transportation
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Sustainability in Brooklyn
Public Transportation
• the Center for American Progress foundthat the bill contains at least $62.2 billionin direct spending on green initiatives and$20 billion in green tax incentives, whilefunding for nuclear and coal projects wasdropped from the final version.
• Here's the breakdown:
Congressional leaders signed offon a final economic stimulus
package that includes transit,infrastructure and alternative
energy spending.
Energy transmission andalternative energy research
• $11 billion for smart grid• $7.5 billion for renewable energy and
transmission-line construction• $400 million for the Department of Energy's
Advanced Research Project Agency forEnergy for the development of alternativeenergy sources and efficiency
Efficiency
• $4.5 billion for energy-efficiencyimprovements to federal buildings
• $6.3 billion for local government energy-efficiency grants
• $2.25 billion for energy-efficiency retrofitsfor low-income housing
• $2.25 billion for the HOME InvestmentPartners Program to retrofit communitylow-income housing
Efficiency…continued• $5 billion for the Weatherization Assistance
Program for efficiency in low-income households• $510 million for energy-efficiency retrofits for
Native American housing programs• $420 million for energy-efficiency improvements
at the Department of Defense• $300 million for Department of Defense research
on energy efficiency at military installations• $300 million for the appliance rebate program for
Energy Star products
Mass transit and advancedautomobiles
• $8.4 billion for transit capital assistanceprograms
• $8 billion for Amtrak and intercitypassenger rail
• $300 million for the purchase of morealternative-fuel and hybrid vehicles for thefederal fleet
• $300 million in grants and loans fortechnologies that reduce diesel emissions
Green jobs training:
• $500 million for green jobs programsthrough the Workforce Investment Act
Each day the MTA removes 3million potential drivers from the
roads, eliminating as much asmuch CO2 as 684,444 acres of
forest, that’s a forest 15 times thesize of Brooklyn.
Population & Means ofTransportation
% Used PublicTransportation
Subway: Monthly Ridership
Bus: Monthly Ridership
Subway: Annual Ridership
Bus: Annual Ridership
Household Income
Median HouseholdIncome
Energy Consumption by Sector
Energy Consumption per Capita
Energy Consumption per Capitaby State
Transportation EnergyConsumption (Trillion Btu)
New York & U.S. Motor-Fuel Use(Millions of Gallons)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions fromDifferent Transportation
Things left to find out:
• # of cars registered in bk• %inflation of mta fare vs average income• How much money gov. puts into mta• Map of new bus routes• Energy-transportation sustainability
Some Sources:• http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-
bin/popInfo.php?locIndex=286• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104652.html• www.socialexplorer.com• http://www.mta.info/index.html• http://www.rita.dot.gov/• http://www.plannyc.org/neighborhood_search#• http://www.apta.com/research/info/online/land
_use.cfm• http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffenvironment.ht
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