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May 22, 2013
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Green Light: More Than Buses
Our monthly Green Lights posts mostly focus on our buses, Maintenance Facility, and pursuit of ISO 14001 Certification for our Environmental and Sustainability Management System. A constant source of pride at MTD does come from our buses. Over half of our fleet … Continue reading
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Tagged bikes, buses, CUMTD, green lights, ISO 14001, MTD, sustainability
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Green Light: New Significant Aspects
This week’s guest blogger, Jane Sullivan, gives an update on MTD’s Environmental and Sustainability Management System (ESMS). Sullivan is MTD’s Sustainability and Transportation Planner. As you have read in previous “Green Lights,” MTD is committed to implementing an Environmental and … Continue reading
Green Light: OUTSIDE at the Research Park
Green Living “Go Outside and Go Green,” read the headline for the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts‘ returning event, OUTSIDE at the Research Park. The event coordinators held two outdoor concerts this summer, one in July and the other … Continue reading
Green Light: ESMS Audit
Welcome back guest blogger, Jane Sullivan, who is no longer an intern but a full-time staff member! Sullivan is MTD’s Sustainability and Transportation Planner. This May, MTD welcomed two visitors from Roanoke, Virginia for a final audit on our Environmental … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, ESMS, FTA, green lights, MTD, public transportation, sustainability
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Green Light: Significant Aspects Part Two
Sustainability Intern, Jane Sullivan, returns to guest blog and school us on MTD’s ESMS (again). Last month, I detailed three out of six of our significant aspects. In this post, you guessed it, I’ll cover the other half. By now … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, ESMS, green lights, MTD, public transportation, sustainability
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Green Light: Significant Aspects Part One
Sustainability Intern, Jane Sullivan, returns to guest blog and school us on MTD’s ESMS. Two posts (one and two) were published in previous Green Lights about MTD’s Environmental and Sustainability Management System (ESMS) and efforts to achieve ISO 14001 certification. Fundamental to … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, ESMS, green lights, MTD, sustainability
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Green Light: Adopt Urbana
Giving Back MTD is celebrating the second year of our adoption. In 2011, we signed onto the City of Urbana’s Adopt Urbana Program. We became the proud parents of Windsor Road between Philo and Race. MTD promised to arrange litter clean-ups … Continue reading
Green Light: MTD’s Intern Gives Her Vision of Sustainability
Welcome our inaugural guest blogger, Jane Sullivan, who began her internship at MTD in January 2012. Going Greener As you may have read in previous blog posts, MTD is in the process of implementing an Environmental and Sustainability Management System … Continue reading
Green Light: Hybrid Buses
If you’re tuned in with MTD on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr, you’ve probably heard some buzz about the addition of 13, new 40-foot hybrid buses. The buses, which were acquired with federal, state, and local funds, have all been delivered … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, buses, Champaign, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, go green, green lights, Illinois, MTD, public transit, Savoy, sustainability, University of Illinois, Urbana
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Light the Night 2011
MTD cares about our community bicyclists. Individuals who bicycle are reducing congestion, greening the earth, and promoting alternative transportation modes. Oftentimes, bicyclists rely on MTD when the weather takes an ugly turn or they’ve got too much baggage to pedal … Continue reading