Wednesday, October 3, 2007
News Study: Public transit, like MARTA, helps reduce greenhouse gases
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 3:20 PM
Taking MARTA not only saves money, it helps keep the air clean. A study released by the American Public Transportation Association shows that taking public transportation has a 10 times greater impact on reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, if a member of a household opts to hop on the train rather than sit in gridlock, he or she can reduce that household's "carbon footprint" by 10 percent. Switch to public transit altogether and you can reduce your daily carbon emissions by more than 4,800 pounds a year. (Calculate your carbon footprint here.)
Atlanta's largest transit provider in metro Atlanta removes approximately 185,000 vehicles off the city's roads every day. Last year, MARTA recorded 147 million passenger boardings — a 6.6 percent increase from the previous year. So it doesn't just take people to Braves games.
One question: What is MARTA's carbon footprint?
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