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2010-04-28
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2010-02-09
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The Obama administration’s recent decision to award $1.2 billion in high speed rail funds to the Northeast Region is the first step towards a stronger, faster rail system that will reduce congestion, oil use, and carbon emissions, but there is much still to be done. |
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2010-01-08
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Stimulus money invested in public transportation projects created twice as many jobs as highway projects, according to a new report released today by MASSPIRG, in conjunction with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Smart Growth America |
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2009-11-12
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The United States has 73,000 crumbling bridges, but year after year, startlingly few federal transportation dollars go to fixing them. |
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2009-08-18
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The Impact of the Financial Crisis in Public Transportation |
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2009-06-29
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June 29th marks the 120-day deadline for states to commit at least 50% of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) $26.6 billion in transportation funds. It provides a vantage point to examine how states are using he money, with a particular focus on the $438 million apportioned to Massachusetts. |
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2009-03-31
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The Facts About Toll Road Privatization
and How to Protect the Public |
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2009-01-05
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The economic recovery package will present an opportunity to advance widely recognized, new transportation priorities for the 21st century. It will be up to Congress, the Obama Administration, and the states to make sure that happens. So far, however, too many of the states are off to a troubling start. |
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2008-10-13
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Public transportation makes a vital contribution to Massachusetts transportation system, relieving congestion, reducing
our dependence on oil, curbing pollution, stimulating the economy, and helping to sustain healthy, vibrant communities. |
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2008-06-25
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Nothing illustrates how the lack of transportation options hurts consumers and our economy more than the fact that, since approval of the tax rebates in February, Americans on average have already spent the amount of their stimulus checks at the pump. We can reduce our crippling dependence on oil through long-term solutions that will make it easier for Americans to drive less. Modern buses, light rail, commuter rail and other forms of transit more efficiently move passengers with less fuel. |
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2008-03-20
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Meeting America’s 21st Century Transportation
Challenges with Modern Public Transit.
America’s automobile-centered transportation system was a key component of the nation’s economic prosperity during the 20th century. But our transportation system is increasingly out of step with the challenges of the 21st century. Rising fuel prices, growing traffic congestion, and the need to address critical challenges such as global warming and America’s addiction to imported oil all point toward the need for a new transportation future. |
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2007-10-16
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA) faces an uncertain financial future
over the next five years. With debt service payments increasing, along with other costs, the MBTA will face sizeable budget gaps forcing the Authority to choose among unhealthy options to close these structural deficits. These options primarily include: further dramatic fare increases, service reductions, or more
borrowing. |
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2005-03-10
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Greater Boston's Night Owl service is endangered. Budget cuts and systematic under-funding of public transportation have put the Night Owl on the chopping block this spring. This report compares Greater Boston's nighttime public transportation service with that of other similar transportation systems across the country and finds that, out of eleven comparable systems, Boston is one of only two that do not offer some form of nighttime service on weeknights. And cutting current weekend Night Owl service would make Boston one of only two comparable cities that fail to provide nighttime weekend service. Of the two cities, Boston, MA and Atlanta, GA, Boston's service shuts down earlier. |
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2003-11-01
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The MBTA's recent proposal to raise fares by 18-33 percent, the second fare increase in three years, prompted public outcry with several hundred people turning out to public hearings and thousands more contacting the MBTA to protest the looming fare increase. |
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