Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The board of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation released its 21st Century Transportation Plan, which outlines the state’s budgetary needs over the next 10 years and beyond.
With infrastructure in need of repairs and Boston's transit system steeped in billions of dollars of debt, Massachusetts may need to increase revenue from car registrations, license renewals, taxes and tolls. The Board of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation released its 21st Century Transportation Plan on Monday, Jan. 14. The plan calls for a $13 billion overall investment in state transportations systems over the next decade. The breakdown is as follows, according to a statement associated with the plan released by Transportation Secretary and CEO Richard A. Davey: To raise the necessary funds these recommendations will include an increase in the gas tax, payroll tax, sales tax or income tax; a new green fee on vehicle …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A national organization of state transportation officials awarded the Massachusetts DOT with a high safety honor for highways, but does MBTA need to make the T safer?
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is now nationally recognized for higway safety leadership after receiving an award on Tuesday. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has given MassDOT its 2012 Safety Leadership Award for “taking significant action” in reducing highway fatalities an injuries, according to a MassDOT statement. While the organization was recognized for highway safety, its public transportation sector experienced two negative incidents last week. A Green Line trolley collided with another trolley at Boylston Street Station last week sending passengers flying, and police are still searching for a man who struck a trolley operator at Kenmore Station on Sunday. Do you feel MassDOT is…
Friday, November 30, 2012
A $90 million renovation project will shut down the station through 2015.
One of Boston’s oldest MBTA stations will shut down for two years to make way for a major renovation project. Government Center Station is scheduled to close in September 2013 for 24 months while construction is completed on a “$90 million overhaul,” according to Boston.com. The renovation will include: a new station entrance; renovated Green Line and Blue Line platforms; an overhaul of the electrical system; new elevators, escalators and LED signs; improved lighting; an expanded fare collection area; and reconstrution of some of the surrounding parts of Cambridge Street and City Hall Plaza, according to T officials. The station will reopen before the project is finished, currently planned for April, May or June 2016, according to Boston.…
Plenty O'Toole
10:08 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Hey, I know, lets quadroople the fares for the "T Ride" that many elderly and disabled utilize in order to survive. more ›