What do we need our public transportation to look like twenty years from now? There is consensus that we need to address the backlog in our transportation infrastructure maintenance, but no consensus on what we need to develop for the future. My advocacy priority now is to build consensus that we need to improve our …
Author Archives: Will Brownsberger
Setting Transportation Goals
The good news is that the state’s leaders agree that, in the coming legislative term, we need to address our deficit in transportation infrastructure investment. The challenge is that there is no consensus about the scope of the fix.
Sworn in as Senator for New Term
Eternally grateful to be elected as State Senator, but we kept the swearing in event low-key this time.
What happened with the Trapelo Road road project (604688) ???
Got this question by email: I just noticed that all the bids (both) got cancelled on 12/20/2012 and bidding will re-open at some future date. Why? Answer: The bids came in high because of some concerns about challenges that the project would raise — bidders seemed to view it as a tunnel project requiring special …
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Silver Maple Forest
I’ve worked hard through the years to turn the Silver Maple Forest area on the Cambridge Belmont line into a component of the Alewife Reservation. So far, I’ve been unsuccessful. Please view this link for more history.
Reinstate the federal assault weapons ban
Aching for the Sandy Hook children and for the teachers who gave the last full measure of devotion trying to save them, many are asking once again what we can do to better protect innocent people. To substantially reduce handgun and assault weapon availability, we need a federal solution. From the facts of the case …
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