Jim Aloisi is a former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation. He is on the board of the advocacy group TransitMatters. There are many moving pieces to our transportation system, no pun intended. In order to develop and maintain a truly sustainable mobility system you need to understand and respond to how the pieces fit together. The …
“Funding equity is the missing link to our transportation future” By Jim Aloisi/former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, Board member of the advocacy group TransitMatters “Pricier Boston parking meters is a start” By Brendan Kearney/Communications Director, WalkBoston “Start planning a Jane’s Walk near you” “Transit-Walkability Collaborative” Download the March 2017 Newsletter PDF
As presented at this year’s annual event on March 29, 2017 Alison Pultinas | Persistent, effective Mission Hill/Roxbury citizen activist Alison Pultinas is a leading Mission Hill activist and a key member of the Friends of Melnea Cass Boulevard. Alison has been a guiding hand for the design of the Melnea Cass roadway as it …
By Rachel Fichtenbaum Rachel Fichtenbaum is a mobility information specialist at MassMobility. She researches best practices in community transportation, and disseminates them to practitioners statewide, providing technical assistance to help organizations improve mobility. Finding transportation can be a challenge for seniors and people with disabilities looking to get to medical appointments, jobs, or other destinations, …
New coalition plans to promote walkable, transit-rich communities America Walks announced today the formation of the Transit-Walkability Collaborative, whose purpose is to expand safe, healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities by harnessing the synergy between walkability and quality public transit service. The nine founding members of the new coalition work at the national, state, and local …