- Relieve congestion from the heavily overcrowded highway 78 to provide an effective service to commuters and more than 48,000 college students located on the route corridor.
San Diego
United States
Relieving congestion, serving the community and improving environmental performance
Challenge
Objectives
- Manage an effective repositioning of the new sprinter rail service and rolling stock to increase ridership and attract car-users.
- Monitor and control the environmental footprint of the entire operation.
3,780 Number of tonnes of CO2* avoided by Sprinter in 2008.
* Eco-Efficient Travel indicator.
Veolia Transport's solution
- New levels of ridership
In mid 2007, Veolia Transportation immediately set about improving service levels and raising ridership - reducing private car use emissions and congestion.
Result: a 30% increase passenger numbers. - Monitor and control
The Veolia environmental Management system (eMs) began monitoring the footprint of all aspects of the operation.
Result: 70% of water savings for each vehicle wash thanks to the deployment of recycling technology. - Eco-Efficient TravelTM
Veolia Transportation's sustainable development culture was applied at the sprinter. An eco-efficient TravelTM indicator assessment was conducted to evaluate the CO2 performance of the service compared to the car.
Result: each journey taken on board emits 2,33 times less CO2 than a private vehicle. -
Green procurement
A national Veolia Transportation procurement program ensures that maintenance facilities are supplied with environmentally friendly cleaning products. In San Diego, this process has been extended to sub-contractors and maintenance partner Bombardier and is monitored by a "Sustainable Development Ambassador" who delivers an annual 360° evaluation.
Benefit: ecologically sound purchasing across the whole supply chain.