Days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a statewide stay-at-home order, Cris Liban, chief sustainability officer for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was asked to participate (virtually of course) in a meeting with LA Metro’s Planning Department.

Liban suggested that in light of new travel and work patterns due to COVID-19—which could linger for months, if not years—it might be necessary to revisit the way the agency plans for transportation given potential new work patterns. “If we want to be relevant, we need to be thinking of things,” such as new technologies and materials for the system, and consider adding wellness as an attribute of sustainable infrastructure.