According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the transportation sector accounts for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, with 57% of these emissions coming directly from personal vehicles. The layout of our country was designed for the convenience of passenger vehicles, yet these passenger vehicles are a major driver of climate change. In this episode, we discuss strategies for removing personal vehicles from the road and replacing them with efficient forms of public transit that meet the objectives of the triple bottom line of sustainability: convenient for society, friendly to the environment, and affordable.
Sun Prairie's metro transit service: https://cityofsunprairie.com/1740/Metro-Transit-Service-to-Sun-Prairie
(03:39) Public transit options in Sun Prairie
(04:19) Sun Prairie's transit journey
(07:50) Increasing ridership trends
(11:25) The value of our transit system
(12:38) Routes S, W, and A
(15:51) Cost to ride the bus
(17:06) What transit barriers do we face?
(21:33) How to save $13,000 annually
(23:47) Emissions: cars vs buses
(26:27) Bus Rapid Transit - coming soon!
(31:29) How is BRT faster than a car??
(35:29) Bringing it back to the triple bottom line
(39:49) City of Madison's BRT plans
(42:17) Complete Streets: the future of our roads
(48:41) Greening our streets
(50:00) Economic value of complete streets
(52:12) Vision Zero
(53:13) Combatting the heat island effect
(55:11) Adding complete streets to Sun Prairie
