Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot

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I recently got the opportunity to tour New York’s MTA’s Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot with the New York Transit Museum. It is the newest bus depot in New York, and it features many innovative and environmentally friendly design. It has a green roof. Stormwater from the roof in reused in the facility for bus wash. It has a thermal wall that absorbs heat in the winter. It is a really well designed facility, and it is huge. There are also many buses at the bus depot because of course the bus depot is for maintenance and repairs.


The front of the building featuring a gorgeous mosaic
The green metal on the south absorbs solar energy to help heat the building.
Heat exchangers for hot water
Access to oil/water separator
Bus wash using stormwater from the roof
HUGE storage tank stores stormwater from roof
Lots and lots of piping and conduit in stormwater recycling area
Stormwater cleaning tanks
I have a thing for pipes and conduits. I just love the patterns.
The green roof covered with plants
Plants on green roof absorb some of the stormwater, and stormwater runoff enters pipes to go to the storage tank.
Oh yes, there are buses at the bus depot, and they get maintenance and repairs.