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Report: Higher Gas Tax, Like Higher Transit Fares, Could Increase Inequality
While many sustainable transportation advocates champion higher gasoline taxes as a way to pay for transportation improvements, a new report from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) warns that higher gasoline taxes will exacerbate the state's growing income inequality – unless the state simultaneously passes other tax policies to benefit low-income families.
October 17, 2019
Decolonizing Our Work: Why Untokening Is So Powerful for BIPOC Transportation Advocates
Untokening is a multiracial collective that centers the lived experiences of marginalized communities to address mobility justice and equity.
October 15, 2019
Mayor Walsh, Advocates Call For More Fairmount Line Trains
A proposed demonstration project could significantly reduce wait times for commuter rail riders from Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park.
October 7, 2019
Legacy of Racial Profiling By Police Holds Up Distracted Driving Law
The Massachusetts legislature is on the verge of passing a new law that would outlaw people from holding cellphones while driving motor vehicles, but the bill has stalled as lawmakers hammer out details of how to collect data on traffic stops related to the new law in order to prevent racial profiling by police.
September 26, 2019
T Board Vents Frustration At Slow Pace of Bus Network Improvements
"It doesn't feel like anything is changing... and that is frustrating. At least for me as a board member and a bus user," said FMCB member Monica Tibbits-Nutt.
September 24, 2019
LivableStreets Report: MBTA Bus Deficiencies Perpetuate Racial Inequality
A new report from the LivableStreets Alliance is drawing renewed attention to inequities in the region's bus network, which forces riders of color to lose significantly more time getting around the region than their white counterparts.
September 23, 2019
Memo For the #ClimateStrike: Cars and Trucks Generate Most of New England’s Pollution
To survive the climate emergency, Massachusetts needs to put an end to the failed, climate-baking highway engineering of the 20th century, and instead start building for a future with fewer cars.
September 19, 2019
‘Distracted Walking’ Is A Distraction From the Threat of Speeding Drivers
“Cell phone use by pedestrians does not appear to be disproportionately contributing to fatal pedestrian crashes,” a report from the New York City Department of Transportation stated.
September 4, 2019
How Our Transport System is Biased Against Women
But there are so many examples of how gender bias plays out in transportation and city building, so we’ve compiled a handy list.
August 30, 2019
The Transit Line That Got Away: Learning From the 28X
The MBTA's Route 28 bus ranks as the region's highest-ridership bus route with over 12,000 riders on a typical weekday. When it runs according to schedule, that bus takes about 30 minutes to traverse the 4.1 miles between Mattapan Square and Dudley Square – an average speed of about 8 miles per hour.
August 26, 2019
