Transportation Finance Reform

Transportation is crucial to every aspect of life in Massachusetts - it connects workers to jobs, businesses to markets, students to schools, and residents and visitors to the state’s cultural and recreational resources.

Decades of overborrowing and underinvestment have left the Commonwealth’s transportation system buried in debt and facing an overwhelming maintenance backlog. The time has come for a comprehensive solution to fund the transportation system we have, and build the transportation system we need.

• What are the issues and why is transportation finance reform important?

• MAPC's transportation finance recommendations

• MAPC's letter to the House on transportation amendments

Taking action:

Transportation Day on the Hill! 
April 2, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. Meet in front of the State House, then visit legislators' offices.

The state's transportation system is in dire need of increased investment. Make your voice heard in this debate!

• Use MAPC's easy form for contacting your legislator

• Sign up for our transportation finance reform email list to stay up to date on news, events, and action alerts

• T4MA and MassINC are hosting a series of forums on regional transit authorities and transportation funding. Check their website for details

Resources

• "Maxed Out: Massachusetts transportation at a financing crossroad." This primer was written by T4MA, a transportation advocacy coalition that includes MAPC

• Video from Metro Mayors Transportation Summit on June 11, 2012, at South Station in Boston. 

• MassDOT's "The Way Forward: A 21st Century Transportation Plan"

Questions?

Contact Charlie Ticotsky, Government Affairs Coordinator, at cticotsky@mapc.org, or 617-451-2700, ext. 2039; or Jessica Robertson, Transportation Coordinator, at jrobertson@mapc.org, or ext. 2016