November 2016
While the Dodgers didn’t quite make their World Series goal this year, thanks to the MSRC they did reach a clean transportation milestone of celebrating their one millionth rider on the Dodger Stadium Express. For the past seven years, the MSRC has provided much of the funding for LA Metro to operate a fleet of clean buses that take fans to and from the games, eliminating hundreds of thousands of car trips to reduce congestion and air pollution.
The City of Irvine recently completed improvements to the San Diego Creek Bikeway, which connects Irvine to the neighboring City of Newport Beach. With the help of $90,500 in Clean Transportation Funding from the MSRC, the city enhanced trail safety and visibility along a 1,100 foot segment of this frequently traveled bike trail adjacent to the Irvine Spectrum
The MSRC’s fall Retreat, held on September 15, reflected on the last 25 years of clean air successes made possible thanks to the MSRC’s investment of Clean Transportation Funding and looked toward the next two decades to identify ways the MSRC can best leverage its funding to meet current and future air quality challenges