MassDOT will be holding a public information meeting on the Bowker Overpass Repairs, Monday June 30th at 6pm. The meeting will be a the Copley Branch of the Boston Public Library in the Johnson Conference Rooms. The purpose of the meeting will be to introduce the Bowker repairs contractor, review the work schedule and to …
Transportation
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Letter to MPO – Core Capacity Constraints Study FFY15 UPWP
Senator Brownsberger sent the following letter to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization to advocate for the inclusion of the Core Capacity Constraints Study in the final FFY15 Unified Planning Work Program. Clinton Bench, Chair Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization State Transportation Building 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150 Boston, MA 02116-3968 June 4, 2014 Dear …
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Letter to Governor Patrick – Mount Auburn Street and Fresh Pond Parkway
Senator Brownsberger and his colleagues representing Watertown, Belmont and Cambridge sent a letter to Governor Deval Patrick, urging him to release funds to study the intersection of Mount Auburn Street and the Fresh Pond Parkway. This is a major bottleneck for commuters trying to get from Belmont, Watertown and points west to Cambridge, Boston and …
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Transportation Spending
Sen. Brownsberger, have there been any efforts at the state level to look into the efficiency of our transportation spending? It seems like projects are often over budget and very expensive compared to costs in other states. It’s great that we now have increased funding for transportation, but it’s equally important that we are getting …
The 2014 Green Line Forum
The MBTA gave a great presentation on the Green Line this evening (May 28) at the Boston Public Library. Dr. Beverly Scott, the General Manager, and her top management team reported considerable progress since the previous forum held in January 2013 and since the previous letter report in July 2013. As to short and medium term …
Watertown Bus Statistics
The MBTA recently released the 2014 Blue Book – a compendium of statistics, facts and figures about MBTA service systemwide. In light of recent conversations about bus capacity in Watertown, I decided to take a closer look at the statistics in the new Blue Book for routes serving Watertown: Watertown is currently served by 10 …