New York City Transit: Why Envision?

Many public entities responsible for the design and construction of infrastructure projects have established ways to perform a thorough environmental review to ensure compliance. However, sustainability considerations have little regulatory representation and as a result, alternate ways of assessing the quality of organizational performance are often sought. Some available frameworks seek to completely change the way Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT) do business; others can complement and seamlessly augment existing processes to ensure greater success of integration. This paper discusses how MTA NYCT Capital Program Management (CPM) has been approaching environmental and sustainability considerations historically and how the Envision rating system for sustainable infrastructure is being incorporated into CPM’s regular procedures.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481202.038
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Abdallah, Thomas
  • Aglitsky, Yekaterina
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017
  • Location: New York New York, United States
  • Date: 2017-10-26 to 2017-10-28
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 398-405
• Monograph Title: International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017: Policy, Finance, and Education

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Performance measurement; Public transit; Ratings; Sustainable development
• Identifier Terms: Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System; New York City Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01687924
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784481202
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Dec 11 2018 9:21AM