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Policy Solution

Cooled transit stations

Funding and Financing

Case Studies

Summary

Protect public transit riders at stations to minimize exposure to extreme heat through shading, greenery, and/or water features.

Implementation

Plan, design, and construct cooling interventions to existing and new transit stations.

Considerations for Use

Cooling interventions at transit stations can be piloted on high priority corridors, at highly-frequented stations, or in the most heat vulnerable neighborhoods.

Overview

  • Climate:

    Cold, Hot/Dry, Hot/Humid, Temperate

  • Policy Levers:

    Funding and FinancingThe allocation of public or philanthropic funding or private financing to implement projects, including risk transfer mechanisms.

  • Trigger Points:

    Evaluating or initiating major city infrastructure projectsIncludes projects such as city transit, street or utilities construction / re-construction etc.

  • Intervention Types:

    Buildings and Built Form

  • Sectors:

    Informal Settlements, Transportation

Case Studies

Impact

  • Target Beneficiaries:

    Heat-vulnerable communities, Residents

  • Phase of Impact:

    Emergency response and management, Risk reduction and mitigation

  • Metrics:

    Number of heat-related hospitalizations

Implementation

  • Intervention Scale:

    Site

  • Authority and Governance:

    City government

  • Implementation Timeline:

    Short-term (1-2 Years)

  • Implementation Stakeholders:

    City government

  • Funding Sources:

    Public investment

  • Capacity to Act:

    High, Medium

Benefits

  • Cost-Benefit:

    Low

  • Public Good:

    High

  • GHG Reduction:

    N/A

  • Co-benefits (Climate/Environmental):

    N/A

  • Co-benefits (Social/Economic):

    Improve human health, Improve the public realm