Yesterday, the administration released an additional $100 million of Chapter 90 funding to the cities and towns of the Commonwealth. Here are the amounts allocated for Belmont, Boston, and Watertown.
An Open Boston City Council
Open/release the Plain Text Stenographic Record of Public Meetings of the Boston City Council for hard of hearing, deaf, ESL English as a Second Language folks! And release the Full Text of Captioning from Webcasts/Cablecasts of Public Meetings of Boston City Council for hard of hearing, deaf, ESL folks.
A good news item on plane noise
Starting on January 16, most communities will experience a reduction in plane traffic late at night. This is the result of the reinstatement of a noise abatement procedure that had been suspended since June. Many of us were unaware of the suspension of the procedure, so this good news is unanticipated.
MBTA Bus Performance Data
Here are a map, chart and table that provide an interactive view of real-time data for MBTA buses that you may use to explore the recent performance of various bus routes.
Task force ready for changes
As reported by the Watertown TAB, “As the New Year starts residents,residents, local officials and the MBTA are looking towards a major reexamination of the traffic and local transportation in Watertown. Last year, with the creation of the Watertown Public Transit Task Force, Task Force chair Joseph Levendusky and the group’s members voiced their complaints to the MBTA at several public meetings.”
Vigil attendees speak out against racism
The Belmont Citizen-Herald reports on the candlelight justice vigil held in Belmont on December 14 and the discussion following, during which “State Sen. Will Brownsberger said that if he is reappointed Senate chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he plans to hold hearings in communities of color across Massachusetts about the impact of the criminal justice system in those communities.”