Marc D. Draisen, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), today released the following statement: “MAPC supports Mayor Walsh’s Executive Order regarding short-term rental unit operations in the City of Boston. We, like Mayor Walsh, acknowledge that short-term rental use provides a unique economic benefit to home owners […]

BOSTON—The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) today announced the release of “Greening Our Grid,” a case study and fact sheet detailing MAPC’s efforts to use municipal electricity aggregation to help increase renewable energy in New England. Municipal aggregation allows cities and towns to contract directly with an electricity supplier on behalf of […]

In the latest “What We Do” video, Assistant Director of Municipal Collaboration Amy Reilly discusses MAPC’s Homeland Security Division. Watch the video and read more about the division here. Updated on Wed, 06/07/2017 – 2:23pm

For the past two weeks, MAPC employees have been assisting with an exciting bus rapid transit (BRT) pilot on the Silver Line. From May 22 to June 6, two staff members stood by the Temple Place bus stop outside our downtown offices every day, informing commuters and casual riders of […]