City Council FYI: Co-benefits of transit
(WorldNews Environment)

Macys_Sonja Co-benefits is a term frequently used in the field of natural resource management. What is the outcome and what are the co-benefits? When we preserve open space, we provide opportunities for wildlife to thrive, water to infiltrate rather than run off, enhanced air quality, carbon sequestration and the maintenance of iconic viewsheds. All of these are co-benefits. Our transit service provides co-benefits, even to the people who never use it. A successful transit outcome is that people are transported safely. But even people who...