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Planning101

Planning101

Talking Smart Growth for 101 Communities in Greater Boston

Planning101 is a space for MAPC staff to share their wealth of knowledge on topics related to smart growth and regional collaboration. This blog covers a diverse range of issues that include transportation, clean energy, land use, environment, public health, local government, equity, the innovative usage of public data, and the process of creating digital tools.

Planner jargon de-coded: What is a Megapolitan?

April 10, 2012

The concept of  megapolitans in the U.S. is the subject of a new book and has cropped up recently in […]

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MetroFuture Walks & Talks: Tour of Drumlin Farm

April 4, 2012

On April 26th  Friday,August 3, 2012, the MetroFuture Walks & Talks program will visit Drumlin Farm, an active local farm […]

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Get Pumped About Water: the Waterworks Museum in Chestnut Hill

March 22, 2012

MAPC staff members periodically take a portion of a day to participate in a company-wide team-building exercise, with the purpose […]

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Planning for good health: MAPC’s health impact assessment of proposed changes to the T

March 14, 2012

Yesterday, MAPC released the results of our health impacts assessment of proposed MBTA fare increases and service cuts in the Healthy […]

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Planning for Transit-Oriented Development with 3D Visualizations

March 14, 2012

Originally posted on the PlaceMatters Blog. It is the second in their month-long series on the impressive diversity of participatory […]

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Fix the T Calculator: Tell us how YOU would fill the MBTA’s budget gap

March 8, 2012

How should the MBTA fill next year’s $161 million budget gap? You tell us! MAPC just launched our online MBTA […]

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