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Articlesby Elora HaynesOctober 27, 2025

How Santa Maria Regional Transit Became a National Model for Smart, Sustainable Mobility

From all-electric buses and real-time data analytics to an autonomous security robot, SMRT is showing how smaller transit systems can lead the way in modernization.

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PodcastsAugust 29, 2025

Motorcoach Sustainability, Special Events and More with Panorama’s Michelle Petelicki

Michelle Petelicki, president of New Jersey’s Panorama Tours, joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss how the motorcoach industry is in fact sustainable, the impact of the ABA’s report, and much more.

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NewsMarch 31, 2021

So. Cal's Metrolink Unveils First Formal Climate Action Plan

The plan addresses climate change, air quality, and other pressing sustainability issues to help advance the regional railway’s aggressive goal for zero emissions by 2028.

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NewsDecember 2, 2020

Sound Transit Light Rail Trains Now Running on Clean Energy

The accomplishment is made possible through an innovative agreement with Puget Sound Energy to purchase wind energy directly from the utility’s Green Direct program.

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NewsOctober 6, 2020

Plan to Modernize Transit on East Coast May Yield $11.1B in Health Benefits

The TCI program is a bold regional plan being developed by a bipartisan group of governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C., with support from transportation, health, environmental, and business groups, to cut harmful carbon pollution from the transportation sector

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NewsSeptember 29, 2020

LA Metro Approves Comprehensive Moving Beyond Sustainability Plan

Moving Beyond Sustainability outlines a comprehensive sustainability strategy for the next decade to make Metro facilities greener, reduce air pollution and trash from construction and reduce smog and greenhouse gases across L.A. County.

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ArticlesSeptember 9, 2020

7 Best Management Practices for Commercial Wash Systems

It's important that managers implement best management practices to conserve water, comply with state and federal regulations, and reduce pollution.

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NewsSeptember 4, 2020

Metrolink Tier 4 Locomotive Project Receives Environmental Certification

“Tier 4” is the most stringent designation from the EPA for engines to dramatically reduce emissions.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2020

Calif.'s OCTA to purchase 10 battery-electric buses

The pilot program comes in the wake of OCTA’s debut earlier this year of 10 new hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2020

Ore.'s Lane Transit orders 11 New Flyer CHARGE battery-electric buses

In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed an innovative partnership with the University of Oregon to study opportunities and challenges.

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