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STUDY: App-Based Food Orders Most Likely Outnumber Ride-Hailing Trips in Mass., with Major Impacts on Traffic, Climate & Low-Wage Workers

STUDY: App-Based Food Orders Most Likely Outnumber Ride-Hailing Trips in Mass., with Major Impacts on Traffic, Climate & Low-Wage Workers Dark stores, emissions from delivery vehicles, and third-party app fees […]

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MARPA-DLS Conference Highlights Opportunities for Cities & Towns, Reflects on Accomplishments

More than one hundred municipal officials and staff from across the Commonwealth gathered last week for the 2022 Statewide Municipal Partnerships Conference, hosted by the Mass. Association of Regional Planning […]

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MAPC Launches “MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together”

Flanked by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, MA-07, and scores of public officials and stakeholders from across Greater Boston this week, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) officially unveiled a land use […]

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MAPC Launches “MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together”

Screenshot of the MetroCommon 2050 Digital Hub. Click to open. MAPC Launches ‘MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together’ New long-range land use and public policy plan offers a vision and […]

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Join us on Thursday, May 5: Creating an Equitable and Resilient Region

Creating an Equitable and Resilient Region: MetroCommon 2050 Join us—in person!—for the launch of MetroCommon 2050: Greater Boston’s regional policy and land use plan! Thursday, May 5, 2022 10 a.m. […]

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MAPC Matters: April 2022

Read our monthly newsletter for a roundup of news, events, resources, grant opportunities, and more!

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Announcing MetroCommon May

MetroCommon 2050 is the next land use and policy plan for the people who live and work in Greater Boston. At its core will be bold, actionable recommendations. These recommendations […]

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Earth Week at MAPC: Events and Project Highlights

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans – 10 percent of the United States’ population – demonstrated to raise awareness of air, water, and soil pollution and to support federal […]

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Helping Local Health Organizations Fight COVID-19, 24/7

Helping Local Health Organizations Fight COVID-19, 24/7 The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on hospitals, local health departments, emergency management organizations, and other health providers across the country and […]

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A Statement in Solidarity

Dear Friends and Colleagues: All of us at MAPC feel a deep sense of anger and profound sadness at the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so […]

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