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Joint Comment Letter – Recommendations for Boston’s Healthy Streets COVID Response

Joint Comment Letter – Recommendations for Boston’s Healthy Streets COVID Response

Below is the letter Boston Cyclists Union, MassBike, LivableStreets Alliance and WalkBoston sent to Chief of Streets Chris Osgood regarding Boston’s Healthy Streets plan on June 16, 2020. June 16, 2020 Chris Osgood, Chief of Streets 1 City Hall Square, Room 603 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Chief Osgood, On May 12th, the Boston Transportation Department …

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Comment Letter on Waltham High School Project #16097

Comment Letter on Waltham High School Project #16097

June 19, 2020 Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Attn: MEPA Office, Page Strysky 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston MA 02114 Dear Secretary Theoharides,  Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Waltham High School Project #16097 for Waltham High School located at …

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Joint Comment Letter on the Allston Multimodal Project

Joint Comment Letter on the Allston Multimodal Project

June 19, 2020 Stephanie Pollack Secretary and CEO, Massachusetts Department of Transportation 10 Park Plaza, Room 4160 Boston, MA 02116 Jeff McEwen Division Administrator, FHWA 55 Broadway, 10th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 MassDOT Board of Directors MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board Dear Secretary Pollack, Administrator McEwen, MassDOT Board of Directors and MBTA Fiscal and …

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Comment to the Fiscal Management Control Board Regarding Commuter Rail Contract Renewal

Comment to the Fiscal Management Control Board Regarding Commuter Rail Contract Renewal

Dear MBTA Fiscal Management Control Board, The commuter rail contract being considered must allow flexibility in providing improved service on the commuter rail lines, especially those that will be bearing the brunt of construction activities on highways. Certain commuter rail services may be called upon to help commuters when highway construction brings reductions in lanes …

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Streetsblog Mass: Safe Streets Advocacy Groups Join Growing Movement to Cut Police Spending

Streetsblog Mass: Safe Streets Advocacy Groups Join Growing Movement to Cut Police Spending

Streetsblog Mass: “Safe Streets Advocacy Groups Join Growing Movement to Cut Police Spending” “In a letter sent yesterday to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, three large advocacy groups for safer streets – the LivableStreets Alliance, Boston Cyclists Union, and WalkBoston – called on the City of Boston to remove the Boston Police Department (BPD) from the city’s Vision Zero Task …

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