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MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages
Today's meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) advanced several initiatives to improve bus and commuter rail service, and also discussed Governor Baker's new budget proposal.
January 28, 2020
Fees On Uber and Lyft Accelerate Local Sustainable Transport Projects
Fees on Silicon Valley's double-parking, bike lane-blocking drivers are already funding important "complete streets" projects throughout the Boston region.
January 27, 2020
Environmental and Labor Organizations Call For Corporate Taxes To Fund Transportation
Amid ongoing rumors of a state transportation funding bill being drafted in the Massachusetts State House, two broad coalitions of environmental justice and labor advocates have issued a detailed proposal to raise new revenues by closing corporate tax loopholes and getting a "fair share" from the large, profitable corporations that benefit most from an efficient transportation system.
January 15, 2020
More Transit-Oriented Parking Is Coming To South Station
Is a parking garage an "amenity" if its users have to stuff their motor vehicles into the gridlocked heart of one of Boston's worst traffic bottlenecks?
January 15, 2020
Crowded, Obsolete Garages Hamstring T’s ‘Better Bus’ Ambitions
The T says that its bus garages are insufficient both for current and potential future needs," but new facilities won't be ready until at least 2024.
January 7, 2020
New Report Flags Structural Racism In Transportation Planning
Smart Growth America lays out a strategy for healthier, more equitable communities.
December 20, 2019
Cap-And-Trade Program For Transportation Seeks States’ Support
Under a "memorandum of understanding" released Tuesday, the Transportation and Climate Initiative would cap transportation emissions in 12 states and generate new revenues for transit improvements.
December 17, 2019
State House Leadership Issues Final Draft of Distracted Driving Bill
Leaders of a conference committee in the State House have finally submitted a final version of a distracted driving bill that passed by overwhelming margins in the House and Senate earlier this spring, and the bill could face a final vote this week.
November 18, 2019
Business Groups, Advocates Agree: Drivers Need To Pay More
As legislators on Beacon Hill start working on a new transportation funding bill this week, business groups and sustainable transportation advocates are finding common ground on proposals to raise new funds for the state's transportation infrastructure with new fees, taxes and tolls on motor vehicle users.
October 30, 2019
Rep. Pressley Announces New ‘Future of Transportation’ Congressional Caucus
Pressley says that the current system for spending federal money on transit is "antiquated and contributing to the inequities and disparities when it comes to access to affordable, reliable, and rapid transit."
October 17, 2019
