The survey indicated residents remain in a fiscally conservative mood, but they are open to studying other ways to pay for transportation upgrades and improvements, such as congestion pricing.
Congestion pricing was one of the most contentious issues in Swedish politics for years, as one transportation official from the Scandinavian country recently recalled. And then something unexpected happened: people got used to it.
Maybe the third time will be the charm for a proposed state commission to examine congestion pricing.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a major tax bill Wednesday night that Democratic leaders say will generate more than half a billion dollars for transportation infrastructure.
There are 300,000 more vehicles on the road than five years ago. The result? Bottlenecks on highways and local roads throughout the region. It’s clear that creative solutions, big and small, are needed to address congestion.
Massachusetts voters support raising new revenue to make transportation investments, but a new poll shows they are divided over some of the key methods that lawmakers are weighing to generate funding.
A coalition of business groups issued a call this morning for congestion pricing and tolls on roads beyond the Massachusetts Turnpike, big hikes to ride-hailing fees, an increase in the gas tax and other funds in order to pay for billions in necessary transit upgrades.
Citing the Baker administration’s warning that traffic is at a “tipping point,” lawmakers and advocates renewed calls Tuesday for Massachusetts to follow its peers and adjust roadway tolls at different times of day in an attempt to reduce congestion.
A majority of residents want to see significant improvements to the commuter rail system, but they also believe the costs should not be passed along to riders in the form of higher fares or an increased gas tax, according to a new poll.
Congestion is holding back Greater Boston from its full economic potential – and the consequences go far beyond just the time we waste stuck in gridlock on our roads.
A long-awaited Baker administration study of Massachusetts’ sclerotic transportation network did not fully endorse a method backed by many transit advocates to toll highways based on demand, but recommended a more limited form restricted to specific highway lanes.
The Baker administration’s study of growing roadway congestion, which was originally supposed to be released earlier this summer and then promised by the end of the month, will now be published early next week, the governor said Wednesday.
Business leaders can’t let any pessimism get in the way of holding state leaders accountable for achieving the transit transformation Massachusetts desperately needs.
Elected officials, the business community and the transportation stakeholder community all are in agreement that Massachusetts needs to act soon – and in a comprehensive manner – to address our current needs and secure our future economic prosperity.
