…Director of the Central Transportation Planning Staff at the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), addressed the Council, outlining the MPO’s process of updating the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)…
…Mass., February 26, 2014. Courtesy Marilyn Humphries. MAPC Winter Council Meeting, Boston, Mass., February 26, 2014. Courtesy Marilyn Humphries. Shirronda Almeida Chandler, the Steering Committee Chair of MetroBoston Sustainable…
…the historic building stock. Encourage infill development throughout the Downtown area to reduce the number of underutilized properties. Increase the amount of pedestrian activity at prominent locations along Route 135…
…areas, such as in the downtown, near transit stations, or for affordable housing developments. The key to success when eliminating minimum parking requirements is to minimize the potential for spillover…
…supported by the Barr Foundation. Read about bus rapid transit and the pilot preogam on the Planning101 blog. Updated on Wed, 06/07/2017 – 2:24pm…
…are state grants distributed among the state’s 13 Regional Planning Agencies (RPAs)-including MAPC-to provide cities and towns with money and technical staff to work on projects related to regional collaboration,…
Typically, low income households pay a higher percentage of income for electricity than those in other income tax brackets, and can’t afford the upfront costs of buying and…
…the MAPC region who intends to study a planning-related field in college. Allison Phillips, a Junior studying Environmental Design at UMass Amherst, filled us in on the path she’s been…