From Congresswoman Katherine Clark’s office: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will soon begin work on the next step in a multi-year effort to update the scientific evidence on the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and its effects on communities around airports.
Boston’s state senators should get behind MBTA reforms
The Boston Globe? Editorial Board praised Senator Brownsberger’s support of reforms for the MBTA, including the a financial control board.
Privatization and the MBTA
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.
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 on Revenue FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: S.1451 DATE: May 12th, 2015 I am writing in support of S.1451, An Act relative to …