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Earth“Treat the Earth well. We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children.”
- Ancient Native American proverb

 

Metro is…

  • how more than 80,000 people get to and from work, school, shopping and more each day
  • the way a fourth of all downtown workers get to their jobs daily
  • the green way to go!

Riding Metro…

  • Reduces CO2 emissions by more than 4,800 pounds a year
  • Saves 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually
  • Decreases other harmful pollutants
  • Cuts traffic congestion and idling

Photo of busMetro goes even greener by…

  • Fueling buses with biodiesel made from renewable local resources
  • Using rainwater to wash buses
  • Burning waste oil to heat garages
  • Recycling and reusing motor fluids such as antifreeze, refrigerant and power steering fluid
  • Recycling paper, plastic, cans
  • Operating alt-fuel support vehicles


Watch this 30 second commercial, produced by the American Public Transit Association to promote riding the bus as an energy-saving, eco-friendly alternative to driving.

YouTube videos require the Adobe Flash Player to display content. You can view this video full-screen by clicking the You Tube full screen icon icon near the bottom right of the window. You can also send the video as a link to your friends and colleagues by moving your mouse over the YouTube link icon icon in the very bottom right corner, clicking on the YouTube menu icon icon that pops up, and then copying and pasting the URL that appears into an email message. By default, this video may play in Low Quality. If you have a broadband connection, you can switch to High Quality by clicking the YouTube HD icon icon near the bottom right corner of the screen.

Find more Green resources in Cincinnati at the website for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton county.

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