SESSION: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE & STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

1. SESSION: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE & STORMWATER MANAGEMENT California High-Speed Rail Comprehensive Sustainable Infrastructure Project Margaret Cederoth, AICP, LEED AP, Parsons Brinkerhoff California has been among the most progressive states when it comes to implementing codes and incentives for sustainable, high-performance design. In tune with this leadership position, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is working on planning and design initiatives that deliver a comprehensive sustainable infrastructure project. This presentation will discuss the Authority’s principles for sustainable infrastructure and overall objectives, and implementation strategies including progressive construction practices such as net-zero carbon and renewable energy for operations, as well as the sustainable design criteria identified for stations and station areas. The presentation will discuss the monitoring and tracking required of contractors, and the innovations in data collection and reporting the Authority has developed. The presentation will also highlight the activities to progress sustainability, such as APTA commitments and a sustainable design task force, that is bringing together the most innovative minds on the subject to inform design and implementation. Margaret L. Cederoth, AICP, LEED AP manages sustainability initiatives for Parsons Brinckerhoff and is currently managing the sustainability program for the California High-Speed Rail. She is an urban planner with more than a decade of experience working in the areas of transportation and sustainability planning, land use and international planning. She has a masters of urban planning from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

2. Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Infrastructure Margaret Cederoth, Program Management Team Sustainability Manager TRB Sustainability Committee Summer Workshop June 18, 2014New York, NY

3. More than a transportation program • California - 8th Largest Economy in the World • Comparable to Northeast Corridor • Distance, Population & Complexity • Transformational Investment • Connects all California Population Centers

4. A STATEWIDE RAIL MODERNIZATION PLAN • Connecting California • Caltrain Electrification & Early Investments in the Peninsula Corridor • Central Valley “Backbone” of High-Speed Rail • Regional Enhancements in Southern California • Statewide Connectivity Projects & Investments

5. Proposition 1A and sustainability • As determined by the California Legislature and voted on by California voters in 2008, high-speed rail will: • Alignments will follow existing transportation or utility corridors if possible. • Stations shall be located in areas with good access to local mass transit or other modes of transportation. • High-speed rail should minimize urban sprawl and impacts on the natural environment. • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants. • Preserve wildlife corridors.

6. Authority’s Sustainability Priorities Policy signed August 2013 • Captured what the Authority was doing to make a difference with the project Defines Sustainability in terms of California Priorities • Energy • Stations Communities & Ridership • Sustainable Infrastructure • Natural Resources • Business & Management Highlights MOUs with Federal and National Partners • FRA, EPA/HUD/FTA sustainability partnership • APTA

7. Sustainability benefits & Commitments • Modernizing transit and growing transit ridership statewide • Improving air quality, reducing greenhouse gases • Enabling smart land use • Protecting agricultural land • Preserving and enhancing critical habitat • Decreasing auto dependence • 100% renewable energy for operations • Urban Greening: planting trees

8. Evolving Business as Usual • Commitments beyond regulation • Improved outcomes for Californians • Evolving state of practice • Enhance communities, economy, and environment

9. 100 percent renewable energy use The Authority has committed to using 100 percent renewable energy to power the system This net-zero approach: • Reduces transportation dependence on fossil fuels • Provides the Authority with a cost-stable energy source • Reinforces clean energy economy • Supports AB 32 objectives for clean transportation

10. Station AREa planning The Authority is partnering with several cities to establish smart, station-specific planning, unique to that location • Fresno • Merced • Gilroy • San Jose • Palmdale • Bakersfield • Hanford The Authority is providing • funding for critical planning • technical assistance on transit orientated design • strategies for creating development • Urban Footprint tool for local planning

11. Sustainable design task force • Establish clear performance criteria • Identify barriers • Workshop ideas to overcome potential barriers • Start of integrated design process

12. Clean & Green construction Net-Zero Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Clean, green trucks for the site • The most fuel efficient • Capacity for bio-diesel mixes, or hybrids • Clean, green construction fleet: graders, scrapers, excavators, loaders, etc… • Have better filtration systems • Most efficient engines • Will be brought by contractor, setting precedent for other construction in the state • Other on-site actions • Anti-idling policies • Dust suppression • Streamlining/consolidating materials deliveries

13. Clean & Green construction Eliminating Waste • Recycling all concrete and steel • Estimated cost savings • Recycling of construction waste • 75 percent of construction and demolition waste to be recycled, or reused • Encouraging the use of recycled material • Tire derived aggregate • Recycled aggregate • Fly ash or other cement replacement • Keeping track and improving as we go

14. Urban greening & Air Quality Tree Planting The Authority will partner with local organizations to plant over 21,000 trees • Off-sets 90,000 tons of carbon • Planted in public areas for public enjoyment • Provide shading to reduce energy use • Drought-tolerant, location appropriate such as native sycamore or oak species Voluntary Emissions Reduction Agreement Working with the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution District to provide: • New, clean buses for schools • Clean truck engines • Electrified irrigation pumps

15. Mitigation with a difference Habitat • Preserving high quality habitat • 500 acres with a vernal pool matrix • Contiguous, and connected to larger ecosystem • Regional Advanced Mitigation • Coordinate with state agencies to carry out mitigation • Enables protection of parcels at risk of development • Help achieve a state priority for the benefit of all

16. Preserving Important Farmland According to the DOC between 2000 and 2008, over 115,000 acres of Important Farmland were lost to development in the San Joaquin Valley • The Authority will take some farmland, but will preserve a greater amount, between 5 to 6,000 acres • Enable local municipalities to preserve their agricultural heritage and economy

17. transparency & Keeping Track Environmental Mitigation Management and Assessment (EMMA)

18. Results: Green house gases emissions Savings

19. Thank you Margaret Cederoth, AICP Sustainability Manager cederoth@pbworld.com