NEW YORK, NY January 09, 2009 —Governors, state highway departments and city transit agencies are all trying to convince the Obama administration to fund their projects. MTA officials were among those in Washington yesterday seeking funds. Manhattan Congressman Jerrold Nadler says the Obama stimulus bill will need some adjustments if it's to include the MTA.

NADLER: Mass transit projects need a little more start up time than road projects so we're lobbying to have 180 day lead time to the mass transit project as opposed to 90 days which is the standard in the proposed bill at the moment for everything.

REPORTER: As part of its lobbying effort yesterday the MTA unveiled a sustainability study that highlighted a green agenda for mass transit over the coming decades.

The study calls for drawing 80 percent of the MTA's energy from clean sources by 2050, making sure most new area residents take mass transit in the next 20 years, reusing water that's pumped out of flooded subways, and using green standards in capital projects.