Top 10 A Better City Accomplishments
January 11, 2023
The A Better City team is incredibly proud of the progress made in the second half of 2022. Please see the top ten accomplishments for July through December 2022 below and a more fulsome overview here.
- Continued Advocacy on MBTA Safety, Service Restoration, Modernization, and Decarbonization
- Advocated for A Better City Orange Line Shutdown Alternative, While Supporting the MBTA's Mitigation Efforts on the Commuter Rail and Beyond
- Released the I-90 Allston Economic Benefits Study and Successfully Advocated for the All At-Grade Design Preferred Alternative Designation
- Launched Consolidated Shuttle Service Operations in Allston/Brighton and Released Third Iteration of the Anticipating Post Pandemic Commuter Trends Report
- Renewed Greenway BID and Secured Another 5-Year Greenway MOU between City, State, Conservancy and Greenway BID
- Developed "Greening the Blue Line" Conceptual Nature Based Design Solutions to Address Coastal and Stormwater Flooding in East Boston
- Advanced Equitable Workforce Development Program in A Better City Member Buildings
- Launched Extreme Heat Working Group and Related Research and Engagement
- Continued Leadership in Streamlining the Development and Implementation of City & State Level Climate Policies
- Shaped Healey-Driscoll Campaign Transportation Policy Agenda and Informed Transition Across Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Policy
