Working Groups
Energy/Carbon Group
- Focused on the MTA's electrical use, fuel consumption, and carbon emissions
- Chaired by Ashok Gupta, air and energy program director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Facilities Group
- Creating standards for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of MTA buildings and other facilities
- Chaired by Robert F. Fox, Jr., Cook+Fox Architects
Materials Flow Group
- Focused on MTA policies for procurement, waste management, and recycling
- Co-chaired by Marcia Bystryn, executive director, the New York League of Conservation Voters
- Co-chaired by Michael White, executive director, Long Island Regional Planning Board.
Water Management Group
- Developing MTA policies for water conservation, groundwater uses, and protection of the regional water supply
- Chaired by Alex Matthiessen, chief executive officer, Riverkeeper.
Smart Growth/Transit-Oriented Development Group
- Developing ways to expand transit access and usage through collaboration with local communities on local development initiatives and feeder system
- Chaired by Ned Sullivan, president, Scenic Hudson
Climate Adaptation
- Developing ways to adapt and mitigate the anticipated effects of climate change and global warming on the MTA network.
- Chaired by Klaus Jacob, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
