committee oversees the SUDS program, and attendees will hear updates on that today to highlight effort status, relevance to our industry, etc. Barry Barker asked participants in attendance to raise their hands if they participate on the working group. Six (6) people raised their hands. Update on APTA Standards Working Groups Recommended Practice on Quantifying Emissions from Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit - (Eric Hesse and Mark Teschauer) Mark Teschauer provided an overview summary. He highlighted the recommended practice on specific guidance on how to communicate emissions that result from operations and associated emission reduction. Consideration of mode shift, land use impacts, and providing a quantifier tool to go with these items are referenced to not be created from scratch. This document was originally published in 2011, and the working group is now working on identifying new research and guidelines on recommended practices to update. We are now in a different state of practice. The group has received great substantial feedback, and the working group is updating to prepare for CEO buy-in, and then feedback from the oversight committee for the SUDS program. Question: Art Does any other organization have anything like this? – Mark not aware of any other guidance along these lines, specific to – transit. This guidance informs metrics for the Sustainability Committee. Should be a go-to resource. Backed-up with the protocol climate – registry, research from TCRP and strong case between land use impacts and mode shift VMT reductions that are produced. – Recommended Practice on Social and Economic Sustainability for Transit (Rachel Healy) Rachel Healy provided an overview Recommended practice is a new set – of recommendations. This is a move forward from the 2011 original sustainability guidelines focusing on the environmental goals of sustainability. There has been a lot of progress in the industry. Better grappling on how we are dealing with social and economics impacts as an industry, and making sure it is relevant to the end user and stakeholders. The working group has approved, and this is now in public comment on the APTA Standards Website. Post public comment, the CEO Committee will be asked for approval and hoping for adoption in October, 2017.
committee oversees the SUDS program, and attendees will hear updates on that today to highlight effort status, relevance to our industry, etc. Barry Barker asked participants in attendance to raise their hands if they participate on the working group. Six (6) people raised their hands. Update on APTA Standards Working Groups Recommended Practice on Quantifying Emissions from Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit - (Eric Hesse and Mark Teschauer) Mark Teschauer provided an overview summary. He highlighted the recommended practice on specific guidance on how to communicate emissions that result from operations and associated emission reduction. Consideration of mode shift, land use impacts, and providing a quantifier tool to go with these items are referenced to not be created from scratch. This document was originally published in 2011, and the working group is now working on identifying new research and guidelines on recommended practices to update. We are now in a different state of practice. The group has received great substantial feedback, and the working group is updating to prepare for CEO buy-in, and then feedback from the oversight committee for the SUDS program. Question: Art – Does any other organization have anything like this? Mark – not aware of any other guidance along these lines, specific to transit. This guidance informs metrics for the Sustainability Committee. Should be a go-to resource. Backed-up with the protocol – climate registry, research from TCRP and strong case between land use impacts and mode shift – VMT reductions that are produced. Recommended Practice on Social and Economic Sustainability for Transit (Rachel Healy) Rachel Healy provided an overview – Recommended practice is a new set of recommendations. This is a move forward from the 2011 original sustainability guidelines focusing on the environmental goals of sustainability. There has been a lot of progress in the industry. Better grappling on how we are dealing with social and economics impacts as an industry, and making sure it is relevant to the end user and stakeholders. The working group has approved, and this is now in public comment on the APTA Standards Website. Post public comment, the CEO Committee will be asked for approval and hoping for adoption in October, 2017.
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