A Better City releases "Building Massachusetts' Economy through Transportation Investment", an executive summary prepared by Cambridge Systematics. Click here to read the Executive Summary.
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A Better City releases its Transportation Finance Plan to create a sound future for both our transportation system and the Commonwealth’s economy. Click here to read it online.
What's New
A Better City partner organization, TransitWorks recently released their Spring newsletter. We encourage you to catch up with all the work TransitWorks is involved in by visiting their website.
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In our work to improve the public sphere, A Better City has been a long-time supporter of projects that aim to improve pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure. We encourage you to take the MBTA Bicycle Transportation Survey so that the MBTA may improve accomodations for transit users who include bicycles in their commutes.
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Mayor Thomas M. Menino invited A Better City to join Boston's newly formed Climate Action Leadership Committee. Former Vice President Al Gore, a champion for initiatives that address climate change, spoke to the need for cities to lead by example and push proactive measures to reduce our impact on the natural environment. Click here for additional information.
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On March 17, 2009, ABC hosted "Moving the Economy Forward through Investing in Transportation" a panel featuring leading experts in transportation and planning, including a representative of the Patrick administration, who spoke about the direct impact the state’s transportation infrastructure has on the Massachusetts economy. Presentations from the event may be viewed here.
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Five key businesses organizations representing employers across the state have joined together to propose a transportation reform and finance plan including comprehensive reform measures, improvements to policy and governance, and new sources of revenue – including raising the gas tax.
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ABC hosting "Sustainability & Mobility: Fleets, Feet, and Fuel" on March 26, 2009; a half-day workshop on increasing sustainability at your worksite through the reduction of mobile source pollutants.
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Our 2008 Accomplishments are now available for view on the website.
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The MBTA presents an overview of their surface elements, traffic mitigation, and construction management plans to ABC's Silver Line Phase III Business & Institutional Committee.
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The Executive Office of Transportation has just released the Urban Ring Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIR/DEIS). All chapters are now available for download. And EOT will host a public hearing on January 6 to hear comments. Click here for more information and to download chapters of the documents.
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Our Transportation Future investment advocacy coalition and MoveMassachusetts partner convene transportation advocates and policy makers to talk about how the Commonwealth plans to address our current transportation finance challenges.
The Executive Office of Finance & Administration has released regulations associated with the Infrastructure Investment Incentive (I-cubed) legislation. ABC members met in October to review the regulations and draft comment letters to file during the public comment period.
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ABC Planning Director Tom Nally highlights Urban Ring benefits at September Move Mass meeting.
