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Opinion
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Let’s get our terminology right on road pricing
Road pricing can be introduced as a way to manage traffic congestion, but that only works if we also significantly improve public transportation alternatives, because the traffic management/congestion reduction benefits of road pricing go hand-in-hand with providing enough people with viable public transit alternatives that it makes a difference to highway levels of service.
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About $115 billion — that’s what it might take to fund the MBTA over next 15 years
Here is the exercise I would like to recommend to the governor and her leadership team, and indeed to each of us: What is the public transit and rail system we want operating in metro Boston in 2040?
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First steps toward a coherent transportation revenue plan
These issues – the short-term need to generate ample net new revenue for the MBTA and the state regional transit authorities (RTAs), and the long-term need to find a permanent, fair, and viable replacement for the gas tax – intersect, and it’s important to understand this as policymakers decide what course to take.
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Governor, get your facts straight on MCAS ballot question
We were disappointed when Gov. Maura Healey, answering a question about the ballot question, responded that she’s against it because we need “to be able to assess how our young people are doing.”
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Proposed landfill would pose threat to the Quabbin
Casella wants to build the landfill near Quabbin because the company has been forced by court order to close a similar facility that it has operated since 2003 in Southbridge.
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Rethinking the way we do high school
Especially for disadvantaged kids who may not have as many family and friends who attended college or who work in leading sectors, we need to build stronger connections between what students are learning and experiencing in high school and the careers that await them when they graduate.
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Commuter rail’s ridership recovery plan is working
MBTA commuter rail attracts back riders the old-fashioned way, with frequency and reliability.
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Congestion pricing is the wrong answer to Boston traffic woes
Some have proposed congestion pricing as a solution to Boston’s traffic problems, but we should be wary of any plan that could harm the fragile post-pandemic downtown economy.
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Remove the social worker exam requirement
We are facing a massive shortage of behavioral health providers in Massachusetts, and the behavioral health crisis has gotten worse. We need less barriers to entry into the profession, not more.