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How Massachusetts Funds Transit (Not Just the T)
A guide to how Massachusetts state government finances public transit service across the Commonwealth.
January 10, 2025
Smile, Gov. Healey Signs Two Camera Enforcement Bills for Buses
Massachusetts law will now allow public transit agencies and school districts to use bus-mounted cameras to issue fines against illegal parking in dedicated bus lanes and bus stops, and against drivers who threaten kids by illegally passing stopped school buses.
January 10, 2025
Governor’s Task Force Has A Plan to Dodge the T’s Fiscal Crisis, But Only for the Short Term
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January 7, 2025
Last-Minute Legislating Puts Camera Enforcement Bills On Governor’s Desk
In the waning days of 2024, a skeleton crew of lawmakers on Beacon Hill enacted two new laws that would let transit agencies and school districts start using bus-mounted cameras to enforce traffic laws related to bus stops and bus lanes.
January 2, 2025
Minnesota, Nice – How Governors Walz and Healey Stack Up On Transportation Issues
Earlier this summer, Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic Party and chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
October 29, 2024
Bill Would Finally Ding Automakers’ Safety Ratings on Huge Cars That Kill Pedestrians
This bill would finally require regulators to do what advocates say they should have done years ago: stop giving five-star safety ratings to huge trucks and SUVs that are virtually guaranteed to kill a pedestrian on impact.
August 28, 2024
State House Democrats Flub Major Legislation As Formal Sessions End
Even as they worked into the early morning hours of Thursday morning in an attempt to cheat their July 31 deadline, lawmakers in the Massachusetts State House ultimately failed to agree on several major pieces of legislation in time, leaving numerous important bills unresolved and likely dead.
August 1, 2024
The Mass. State House Has One More Day to Pass Bus Lane Enforcement Legislation
Last week, the Massachusetts Senate approved "An Act relative to bus lane enforcement," a bill that would allow public transit agencies to use bus-mounted cameras to record and issue fines against illegal parking in bus lanes and bus stops.
July 30, 2024
Thousands of Drivers Caught On Camera Passing Stopped School Buses In Peabody
But under current state law, it's still illegal for cities and towns to issue fines to the drivers caught putting kids' lives at risk.
May 30, 2024
D.C. to Dangerous Drivers: We Will Slow You Down!
Dangerous drivers would be forced to slow down thanks to in-car technology under a first-in-the-nation bill that just passed in the Washington, D.C. City Council.
February 8, 2024
