November Public Forums at the Boston Public Library
Boston Room, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116
November 15, 2011, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
The Massachusetts Infrastructure Investment Coalition (MIIC) is identifying the long-term needs for infrastructure investments to support economic development and improve the quality of life for the citizens of Massachusetts. The coalition has prepared [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boston’
Reminder: Infrastructure in the Afternoon
Monday, November 14th, 2011Infrastructure in the Afternoon
Monday, October 31st, 2011November Public Forums at the Boston Public Library
Boston Room, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116
November 1, 15, 29, 2011, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
The Massachusetts Infrastructure Investment Coalition (MIIC) is identifying the long-term needs for infrastructure investments to support economic development and improve the quality of life for the citizens of Massachusetts. The coalition has prepared [...]
Walk Score: The 10 Most Walkable Cities
Monday, July 25th, 2011Walk Score has released its 2011 list of the 10 Most Walkable Cities. Walk Score ranks the walkability of the 50 largest states in the United States.
The Walk Score Algorithm
Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking.
Walk Score uses a patent-pending system to measure [...]
Interactive Map: Boston Sustainable Energy
Friday, July 1st, 2011Boston, MA is full of sustainable energy projects, and CityofBoston.gov created an interactive map to show where they’re taking place.
View this complete post...Integrated Transit Systems on the East Coast
Thursday, December 9th, 2010“As I’ve written about many times before, innovative transportation planning can help improve communities and increase opportunities for residents and businesses. Two newly completed projects will help the people of Rhode Island experience these benefits firsthand…Taken together, these projects add up to an integrated transportation system that offers travelers in Rhode Island and the Boston metropolitan area a seamless way to move from trains to buses to planes to cars…And it was made possible because of smart investments at the federal, state, and local level.”
-Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, via Fast Lane
Photos from the Big Dig, Boston’s Infra Makeover
Monday, November 8th, 2010Images during and Boston’s “Big Dig.” Construction on the Big Dig began in 1991 (though planning began decades earlier) and lasted 15 years, with the last project opening in 2006.
View this complete post...Boston Rising: Boston Bikes’ Nicole Freedman
Thursday, June 10th, 2010The Boston metro area has always had plenty of cyclists. But other than some fantastic greenways like the Minuteman Trail, riding along the Charles, and some ahead-of-its-time traffic calming & bike lanes in Cambridge, cyclists have had very little to crow about. In fact, it wasn’t uncommon to hear murmurs that Boston was the worst cycling city in the U.S.
View this complete post...Broadband and Civic Engagement
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Eugene J. Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force:
“Broadband can enable citizens to engage in their democracy – through a variety of broadband-enabled tools that will make our democracy more participatory and more representative.”
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