Transportation

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Pending land use reform legislation could benefit Gateway Cities

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Advocates for zoning reform in Massachusetts voiced support for new legislation (H. 1859) at a hearing on Tuesday. The bill, which would create more flexible zoning laws throughout the state, was filed by Senator Daniel Wolf and Representative Stephen Kulik. It has won support from the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, the Massachusetts Public Health Association, and the City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association.

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Building up momentum to reinvent regional transit

Monday, April 29, 2013

Letter from MassINC and Transportation for Massachusetts capping off a series of recent forums on regional transit held in Gateway Cities across the state.

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Aligning Transportation and Transformative Investment

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Governor Patrick’s The Way Forward plan provides an infusion of funds for Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs) serving Gateway Cities, including $100 million annually for enhanced service and $400 million in capital funds to purchase new buses and modernize facilities. If state leaders are able to support RTAs at this level, it could radically change the way these systems contribute to economic growth in Gateway City economies, particularly with regard to the transformative redevelopment concept MassINC recently unveiled.

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Transportation Bond Bill Supports Gateway City Placemaking

Monday, August 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Governor Deval Patrick signed a $1.5 billion transportation bond bill that directs federal and state funds to various road, bridge, rail, and regional transit projects in the state, including several Gateway City placemaking projects.

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New report shows public transit isn't working for employers in Gateway City regions

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A recent report by the Brookings Institution sheds new light on how well public transportation connects jobs to people in Gateway City regions. This research is the mirror image of Brookings report published last year that looked at how well people are connected to jobs. The picture it portrays of the large mismatch between where public transportation is located and where the jobs are in many Gateway City regions isn’t any prettier.

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Riding the casino train

Friday, July 13, 2012

There’s been talk about the Wampanoag casino in Taunton providing a big boost for South Coast Rail. While working to ensure that the casino is served by public transit makes sense from both smart growth and public safety standpoints (fewer greenhouse gases, fewer inebriated gamblers driving down Route 24), farebox revenues aren’t going to change the economics of the operation all that much.

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T Bailout leads to RTA increase

Monday, June 18, 2012

By Megan Dougherty

Last week the House passed a bailout bill allocating $51 million from motor vehicle inspection fees to close the T budget gap. When combined with Senate legislation, this funding package will likely send an additional $ 7 million to the state’s 15 Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs).

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Transportation costs for homeless students could transfer to the state

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The cost Gateway City school districts bear transporting homeless students could be passed on to the state if the budget proposed by the House prevails. (While the House budget picks up the $11.3 million that school districts were projected to spend on transportation for homeless students in 2012, the Senate budget does not contain funding for the plan. Gateway City districts account for about one-quarter of this spending.)

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Boston Society of Architects Explores Placemaking in Gateway Cities

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

BSA’s Placemaking Network – co-chaired by Christina Lanzl (director of MassArt’s Urban Arts Institute) and Robert Tullis (director of design at GID Urban Development) – hosted a lively discussion on how state policy can support development in Gateway Cities that builds and reinforces their authentic urban fabric.

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Love (for public transit) is in the air

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The MBTA and RTA legislative caucuses came together for their first joint hearing on Valentine’s Day to discuss options to raise badly needed revenue for both the MBTA and the regional transit agencies that serve our Gateway Cities. In the past, the needs of transit agencies outside of Greater Boston have often been seen as secondary to the needs of the T, but increasingly, as captured in this analysis from State House News, the dialogue recognizes that investments in public transit are equally critical to the economic vitality of regions like Fall River, New Bedford, Springfield, and Worcester.

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What's the "next stop" for public transportation in the United States?

Monday, March 29, 2010

The growth and development of the nation’s public transportation systems may soon reach a screeching halt. If crumbling infrastructure, mounting debt, and painful service cuts aren’t evidence enough, the administrators of some of the nation’s largest transit systems are coming to Boston to say out loud and in unison, “We’re not kidding.”

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