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11 <br />Transit Fleet <br />The City of San Leandro partners with San Leandro Transportation Management <br />Organization to run the LINKS and Kaiser shuttles. These shuttles are run on <br />gasoline and compressed natural gas which directly emit greenhouse gases. <br />Despite their emissions, these shuttles provide a lower-carbon alternative to <br />trips in private cars. These shuttles represent about 221 MT CO2e, or 4% of the <br />City’s total emissions. <br /> <br />Solid Waste <br /> Solid waste generated by government operations (e.g. paper, boxes, plant <br />debris, construction debris, food waste) can be recycled or composted though <br />some still ends up in landfills. Once in landfills, organic materials decompose in <br />anaerobic conditions releasing methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Due to <br />consistent efforts, landfilled waste represents only 0.2% of city emissions <br />releasing only 14 MT of CO2e in 2015 compared to about 830 and 660 MT CO2e <br />in 2005 and 2010 respectively. <br /> <br />Employee Commute <br />Emissions from employee commuting results from the fuels used in private <br />vehicles and the average miles traveled to work by employees reporting to city <br />facilities. Results from an internal survey (with an impressive 38% response rate) <br />allowed for effective modelling of employee commuting habits. Employee <br />commuting to and from work represents nearly 15% of the city’s emissions, <br />releasing about 920 MT CO2e in 2015. Results show a small but encouraging <br />increase in hybrid and electric vehicles. <br /> <br />Per Capita Emissions <br />Per capita measures of greenhouse gas emissions are useful for determining the <br />efficiency, or intensity, of greenhouse gases emitted within a community. This <br />allows for scalability of the metric across regions, counties, and cities as well as <br />a method to compare smaller and larger communities. <br />The State of California committed to the Under 2 MOU in 2015, an agreement <br />between subnational governments to limit emissions of greenhouse gases to <br />fewer than two metric tons per capita by 2050. The current draft of the CARB’s <br />2017 Scoping Plan focuses on per capita emissions reductions goals for 2030, 6 <br />MT CO2e per capita, and 2050, the aforementioned 2 MT CO2e per capita. <br /> <br />Employee Transportation Mode, 2015 <br />Drive Alone 89% <br />Carpool 5% <br />Bike and Walk 4% <br />Public Transit 2% <br /> <br />Employee Commute Vehicle Fuels <br /> 2010 2015 <br />Gasoline 92% 90% <br />Diesel 3% 3% <br />Hybrids 5% 5% <br />Electric 0% 1.5% <br /> <br />37