Category: Transportation – Page 12

MAPC Communities Shine in Best Complete Streets Policies of 2014

Posted on February 11, 2015 at 2:53 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

A big congratulations to the five MAPC communities that were ranked in Smart Growth America’s Top 10 Complete Streets Policies of 2014. MAPC provided direct assistance to four of the […]

MetroFuture Walks & Talks — May 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 at 5:08 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Rail Trail Workshop in Danvers On May 22, 2014, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), in collaboration with the Planning Department of the Town of Danvers, offered a two-hour interactive […]

$50 Million for Active Streets Certification Program in House’s Transportation Bond Bill

Posted on January 31, 2014 at 4:12 pm. Written by Karen Adelman

This week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its version of the Transportation Bond Bill and included $50 million for the Active Streets Certification Program! MAPC has been working continuously […]

DeLeo – Let’s decide transportation $, then budget

Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:59 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Originally posted on the T4MA blog By Marie Szaniszlo House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo this morning said he wants the Legislature to decide how much to earmark for transportation, including […]

Building support for transportation finance reform

Posted on February 28, 2013 at 5:08 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

On Monday, February 25, more than 100 people came to Salem’s Old Town Hall for an MAPC regional forum, co-sponsored by many local, regional, and statewide partners, focusing on the […]

What does speed have to do with vibrant communities?

Posted on January 31, 2013 at 12:38 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

On January 18, MAPC hosted a packed house for Slow Down! Speed Reduction Strategies for Vibrant Communities. The room was filled with bicycle and pedestrian advocates, local planners and public […]

“The way forward” to transportation reform in MA

Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:05 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Yesterday, the Patrick Administration unveiled a menu of options for plugging the gap in the state’s transportation budget, based on the findings of a report prepared by MassDOT, titled “The […]

New maps show travel times on the T

Posted on January 11, 2013 at 3:01 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Maps are perfect for telling you how far away places are, but what about how long it takes to get there? Whether you’re on a bus, in a car, or […]

"Fiscal cliff" deal yields a win for public transit

Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:26 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

One important federal transportation issue that MAPC has been working on in the past year is/was the disparity between commuter tax benefits for those who drive and those who take […]

Hubway Data Challenge Winners

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:38 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Data heads, animators, graphics geeks, designers, mappers, students and professional visualization artists converged on The Bocoup Loft in Boston’s Fort Point Channel Tuesday night to find out the answer to one […]