I applaud any effort to reduce pollution, especially CO2 pollution. Having said that, some efforts are more cost effective than others; some efforts are easier for the general population to adopt than others.

BAAQMD is trying to reduce pollution by regulation, since they don't have enough money to pay for it. Their effort is therefore cost effective. It's also easier for the general population to adopt because their employers (who might not like it at all) are paying for (at least) part of the cost of using transit. And, to the extent that using transit means the employee can sell one of his/her cars and save big bucks, transit could even be money in the bank for the employee.

I guess we'll all just look the other way when ECR is at a standstill with cars dumping out piles of CO2 each and every day...far more than now, because of VTA.
It will take many many years for people to give up their cars to make a difference in traffic if it ever happens at all! Until then, we will choke on noxious stagnant summer exhaust as do all our downwind neighboring cities, and it may never end until combustion engines do. The traffic wile electric, will still be stagnant.
Because of VTA

www.commuterbenefits.511.org looks like a dead link but commuterbenefits.511.org works