SESSION: ALTERNATIVE USES OF RIGHTS OF WAY

1. SESSION: ALTERNATIVE USES OF RIGHTS OF WAY LA Metro Alternative Energy Projects By: Cris Liban, D.Env., P.E., LA Metro (CA) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has used its Environmental Management System (EMS) as the tool to promote i) environmental compliance, ii) enhanced sustainable work spaces, and iii) a spirit of empowerment through the process of continual improvement. Operational cost savings and value creating ideas has been the cornerstone of LA Metro's EMS. The agency has embarked on a major re-thinking of EMS implementation not only in how it continues to roll out the Plan-Do-Check-Act process agency-wide, but more importantly, to use these principles in the implementation of the rest of its sustainability programs in the backdrop of an extraordinary transit expansion program. This talk will outline LACMTA's EMS vision that is unique to the agency but nationally implementable; and the lessons learned that others can build upon to commence or jumpstart their organization's EMS. Cris B. Liban, D.Env., P.E. currently oversees the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LA Metro's) environmental compliance, environmental remediation, energy and renewable energy management, climate change management, environmental management system, policy development and implementation, environmental liability reduction, real estate due diligence, and electric vehicle charger programs; while supporting LA Metro’s $40B transportation expansion program. He is also the project manager of several LA Metro research projects funded by the Federal Transit Administration, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Energy Commission, and the California State Water Resources Control Board. Dr. Liban was recently appointed by the Los Angeles City Mayor as one of the Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles' Board of Transportation Commissioners. His duties and responsibilities include review of proposed ordinances regulating city streets, oversight of off-street parking facilities, control of the Special Parking Revenue Fund (subject to City Council approval), and regulation of vehicles for hire other than taxicabs. Cris is currently Co-Chair of the APTA Sustainability Commitment Sub-Committee and is concurrently the Secretary of the ABE 40(2) Sub-Committee and Member of the ADD60 Committee in TRB. He is Chair of the TCRP H-46 research project.

2. Bold Steps to Meet an Energy Challenge 2014 TRB Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Workshop New York, NY Cris B. Liban, D.Env., P.E. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority June 17, 2014

3. Outline • LA Metro Energy Needs • Example Projects • Emerging Issues/Reflections • Questions/Discussion 3

4. LA Metro is Los Angeles County’s… Regional Transit Planner/Funder Regional Transit System Builder Regional Transit Operator 4

5. LA Metro‘s Challenges Reflects Overarching Needs 5

6. An Integrated Approach 6

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8. Foundations of Change • Environmental/Sustainability Policies • Energy Conservation and Management Plan • Climate Action and Adaptation Plan • Annual Sustainability Reports • Environmental Management System • Environmental Training Institute • Partnerships with Colleges and Universities • Carbon Credit Initiatives • Pilot Program Funding 8

9. Orange Line and Orange Line Extension • Orange Line and Extension • Busway • Opened in 2005, then 2012 • CNG articulated buses • LED lighting stoplights • Solar panels along bikepath Sustainable Energy Features 9

10. Gold Line Foothill Extension • Gold Line Foothill Extension • Light Rail • Under Construction, opens 2015+ • Green Maintenance Building • Consider wastewater capture and infiltration • Energy efficient stations • Electric vehicle considerations Sustainable Energy Features 10

11. Red Line: Storage • Flywheel Technology • Junction of Red/Purple Line • Gold Line: Voltage Regulator • Flywheel Technology Wayside Energy Storage Systems 11

12. Red Line: Storage • MACE • Between Universal/North Hollywood Wind Tunnel Energy Pilot 12

13. Sun Valley Chatsworth El Monte Station 213KW 213KW 500KW Downtown LA: Div 13 ~1000KW Carson Solar Panel Installations Downtown LA: CMF 13 417KW 1000KW

14. Green Buildings • LEED Requirements • Five LEED-NC and TwoLEED-EBOM • Future LEED-NC: Division 13/Expo/Foothill Extension • Future LEED-EBOM: D20/D7 El Monte Bus Station, El Monte Metro Gateway HQ, LA Division 9, El Monte Bauchet Street, LA Division 13, Downtown LA 14

15. High Desert Corridor 15

16. High Desert Corridor PVs WESTERN SEGMENT CENTRAL SEGMENT EASTERN SEGMENT

17. An Integrated Approach Carbon Credits Administration (Green Fund) (06/2014) 17

18. Biomethane Strategy • Significantly increase renewable energy source • Environmental benefits • Reduced carbon footprint • No operational changes • Monetize carbon credits • O/M and sustainability capital funding • At par cost • Development incentives 18

19. Emerging Issues • Which comes first and why? PRIORITIES • Lay out fundamentals: Policies, Plans, Specs • Management/Frontline Support and Collaboration • Long-term Capital Financial Strategies • Partnerships: Benefit corporations • Funding for pilot efforts • Operations and Maintenance 19

20. Questions/Discussion Cris B. Liban, D.Env., P.E. p: 213/922-2471 c: 213/792-5777 e/m: LibanE@metro.net www.metro.net/ecsd 213/922-1100 sustainability@metro.net 20