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Thanks to Clean Transportation Funding, Bus Service Returns to Dodger Games

March 22, 2010

Metro will offer Dodger Stadium Express bus service from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium beginning April 1 with the Dodgers pre-game series and throughout the regular 2010 baseball season under a grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC).

A grant of $300,000 awarded to Metro by the MSRC was made in support of clean fuel transit service to link Union Station to Dodger Stadium. The MSRC awards funding within the South Coast Air Basin from a portion of the vehicle registration fee set aside for mobile source projects that result in… Read More

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San Fernando Mayor to help direct Clean Transportation Funding for region

January 28, 2010

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - San Fernando Mayor Steve Veres has been named to the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). The eight-member MSRC allocates approximately $14 million annually to clean transportation projects in the South Coast Air District, which includes all or portions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

Veres, who has served on the San Fernando City Council since 2003, represents the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in his capacity as a member of the MSRC.

"Good transportation is the foundation of a good community," said Veres. "I'm looking forward to helping my own community, and communities across… Read More

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The MSRC Funds the “School Pooling” Program to Help Students, Parents and the Environment

September 08, 2009

As summer winds down and parents begin preparing to send their children back to school, TransVironmental Solutions' "School Pool" Rideshare 2 School Program is providing parents with a new way of getting their children safely to school, while at the same time helping to reduce air pollution. The Rideshare to 2 School Program is one of the many innovative programs of the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), an organization that provides Clean Transportation Funding to projects dedicated to reducing harmful emissions from mobile sources. The MSRC funded TransVironmental Solutions to implement and manage Rideshare 2 School.

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Not Your Usual Conference – The Green Tech Connect Forum

June 25, 2009

The Green Tech Connect Forum will bring together emerging green technology developers, government and the investment community. Technology developers will be profiling their companies, technologies and funding needs to prospective funding partners. They will also have one-on-one opportunities to interface directly with the funding partners.

The Forum will be held at the newly renovated Pasadena Convention Center on Monday and Tuesday, August 3-5, 2009. It is one of four elements of the Helping Hand Initiative adopted by the South Coast AQMD's Governing Board earlier this year to support the local economy while keeping the region on the path toward clean air.

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The MSRC Unanimously Re-Elects Chair and Vice-Chair

June 02, 2009

The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) has unanimously re-elected Temecula City Council Member Ron Roberts to serve as Chair of the MSRC, an organization that provides Clean Transportation Funding for projects aimed at reducing harmful emissions from mobile sources. The MSRC also unanimously re-elected Gregory Winterbottom as its Vice-Chair. Winterbottom represents the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) on the MSRC.

In his second year as Chair, Roberts represents the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). He is a four-time Mayor of Temecula, first elected in 1994, and has been on the City Council since… Read More

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