Mission

A Better City represents a multi-sector group of nearly 130 business leaders united around a common goal: to enhance the Greater Boston region’s economic health, competitiveness, equitable growth, sustainability, and quality of life for all communities. By amplifying the voice of the business community through collaboration and consensus-building, A Better City develops solutions and influences policy in three critical areas: 1. transportation and infrastructure, 2. land use and development, and 3. energy and the environment. A Better City is committed to building an equitable and inclusive future for the region that benefits and uplifts residents, workers, and businesses in Greater Boston.

Publications

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The Shade Effect: A Quantitative Analysis of Shade Interventions in Boston by the B-COOL Partnership

In the summer of 2025, the B-COOL team worked with the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Boston Office of Climate Resilience, Franklin Park Zoo, and Turner Construction Company to deploy kestrel sensors to measure the impact of . . . Read More
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2025 Year in Review

Throughout 2025, A Better City was proud to partner with you,and with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, State Legislature,and Wu Administration, to navigate a year marked by economicchallenges and uncertainty. We worked together to . . . Read More
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Boosting Bluebikes

In 2024, the Bluebikes bikeshare system, easily recognizable by its title sponsor, Blue Cross Blue Shield, introduced e-bikes to its growing fleet of bicycles for the first time in its 14-year history. The all-new, immensely popular . . . Read More
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Feeling the Heat: B-COOL Pilot Explores the Efficacy of Heat Emergency Protocols in Boston’s Hotspot Neighborhoods

This Report shares the findings of the B-COOL 2024 temperature sensor pilot, which deployed 15 temperature sensors across environmental justice hotspot neighborhoods in Boston and compared their data to official heat emergency declaration . . . Read More
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Greening the Blue Line

In celebration of Earth Week, A Better City released Greening the Blue Line, a report undertaken in collaboration with Civic Space Collaborative and Weston & Sampson and with generous support from the Stone Living Lab. This project . . . Read More

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Greenway Business Improvement District (BID)

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Latest Blog Posts

Alewife Brook, Upper Mystic, and Charles River Draft Updated CSO Control Plan

August 10, 2026

On April 30th, 2026, the Cities of Somerville and Cambridge, along with the MWRA, submitted their Draft Updated Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan (Draft Plan), designed to address the remaining . . .

Next Steps for Massachusetts Peaker Power Plants

August 7, 2026

In March 2024, the Healey-Driscoll Administration established the nation’s first Office of Energy Transformation (OET)[1], accelerating the energy transformation required for the Commonwealth . . .

Event Recap: Land Use and Development Advisory Committee August 4

August 6, 2026

The Land Use Advisory Committee met on August 4 for a presentation and discussion of the City of Boston Office to Residential Conversion Program and for a presentation by ABC staff and summer interns . . .