Poll Offers Warning Sign for T
A new poll from the MassINC Polling Group offers encouraging signs for a less-polluting future, but also offers a warning sign that officials can’t take riders’ comfort with mass transit for granted.
A new poll from the MassINC Polling Group offers encouraging signs for a less-polluting future, but also offers a warning sign that officials can’t take riders’ comfort with mass transit for granted.
Waterfront barriers, living shorelines and elevated roads from East Boston to Dorchester are key elements of Boston’s resiliency strategy to protect billions of dollars in real estate from rising seas.
A 3.8-mile-long gated barrier protecting Boston Harbor from storm surges would cost up to $11.8 billion and prove less effective than shore-based resiliency strategies, according to a study by the Sustainable Solutions Lab at University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Communities around Greater Boston, in partnership with the MBTA, will seek to create faster and more reliable commutes for more than 30,000 bus riders through a sequence of three pilot projects testing bus rapid transit (BRT) features over the course of 2018.