The exciting frontier of transportation planning is in information technology: car sharing, ride sharing, on-demand shuttles. We can’t expect public transportation agencies to lead in creating these evolving business models. We need to experiment.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Governor’s MBTA Fix
The Governor has accepted political responsibility for fixing the MBTA and has asked the legislature for a set of tools. While there are some elements I cannot support in the Governor’s bill, most notably the reduction in contributions into the Transportation Fund, we should be giving him as much as we can of what he has asked for.
Boston Creates – City of Boston’s Arts & Culture Plan
Boston Creates is a city-wide initiative to build a plan that will guide development of arts and culture for the next ten years. Over the next year, Boston Creates will provide an opportunity to create a cultural blueprint highlighting Boston’s strengths and setting innovative goals for the future. Currently we’re looking for people to get involved as Community Team Members. We’ll be holding the first city-wide Boston Creates Town Hall on June 2nd at 6 p.m. at English High School in Jamaica Plain.
S.1451, An Act relative to payments in lieu of taxation of organizations exempt from the property tax
Senator Brownsberger has recently submitted the following testimony on S.1451, An Act relative to payments in lieu of taxation of organizations exempt from the property tax: TO: Joint Committee …
Neighborhood Solar
It is with great pleasure that Neighborhood Solar II is launched. Green Cambridge is partnering with Neighborhood Solar to help promote this program in Cambridge. This time-limited program opens to all residents, businesses, and non-profits in Watertown and Cambridge on Monday, May 1, 2015. Former Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis will host a public informational presentation on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 7:00 P.M. at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Letters to the FAA
The towns of Arlington, Belmont and Watertown, Senators Brownsberger and Donnelly, Representatives Garballey, Hecht, Lawn and Rogers joined the Logan Airport Community Committee in urging the FAA to consider the Committee’s motion to reexamine the use of the Runway 33L RNAV departure procedures.