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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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

A Better City finalized: 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 investigates the potential to . . . Read More
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2024 Year in Review

In 2024, A Better City worked alongside you—and with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, State Legislature, and Wu Administration—to develop solutions to some of Greater Boston’s most pressing challenges—from . . . Read More
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Tackling Extreme Heat: Recommendations for Strengthening Massachusetts Policy

On behalf of A Better City, Researcher Tanya Stasio, PhD, Assistant Researcher Elisabeth Seliga, Researcher Jordan Burt, Research Assistant Lila McNamee, and Principal Economist Liz Stanton, PhD prepared a policy brief  that reviews . . . Read More
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Extreme Heat Policy Review

On behalf of A Better City, Researcher Tanya Stasio, PhD, Assistant Researcher Elisabeth Seliga, Researcher Jordan Burt, Research Assistant Lila McNamee, and Principal Economist Liz Stanton, PhD prepared a background report that (1) . . . Read More

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Latest Blog Posts

I-90 Allston Project Update

July 25, 2025

On July 22, 2025, MassDOT organized an I-90 Allston Task Force meeting to provide updates on the project schedule and overall finance plan. Luisa Paiewonsky, the Executive Director of MassDOT’s . . .

B-COOL Partnership Launches Second Summer of Heat Research

July 23, 2025

Thanks to the generous support of The Boston Foundation, with additional support from the Barr Foundation and Paul & Edith Babson Foundation, the “Boston Cool” or B-COOL partnership . . .

Governor Healey’s Energy Affordability, Independence, and Innovation Bill

July 23, 2025

In May 2025, the Healey-Driscoll administration filed an energy affordability bill known as An act relative to energy affordability, independence, and innovation. In the press release for this bill, . . .