STEP meeting
Topics included the next Green Line Advisory Committee meeting, MBTA and Boston MPO updates, and plans for a STEP fundraiser and public health forum. Meeting notes (PDF)
Topics included the next Green Line Advisory Committee meeting, MBTA and Boston MPO updates, and plans for a STEP fundraiser and public health forum. Meeting notes (PDF)
An excellent introduction to all the issues around fine particles and clean air from Harvard Magazine. Clearing the Air: How epidemiology, engineering, and experiment finger fine particles as airborne killers
David Luberoff’s article questions the transit commitments and concludes that “more buses would be more cost-effective.” Needless to say, STEP and Somerville disagree with him!
How is our region doing? Read the draft of the "Transportation Plan 2004-2025 and 2005-2009 Transportation Improvement Program Air Quality Conformity Re-Determination" (PDF). You can send comment letters.
View 1945 map In 1945, a map of a proposed Green Line extension through Somerville appeared in a transportation report. 60 years later, we're still fighting for the better public transit that we deserve. Check out the map to the right.
Updates from Doug Foy's presentation of the new 20 Year Transportation Plan at MoveMASS: 1. The Green Line extension is moving up the list of priorities! The "SIP Transit Commitments" are shown as the next new transit projects to be funded and built - after Silverline III. The buzz is good for a Green Line extension and probably also an Orange…
Topics included the recent Green Line public hearing, the Governor's Transportation Plan, and an air quality and health update. Meeting notes (PDF)
“Residents: Bring us a Green Line”
About 600 people showed their support for the Green Line in Somerville Monday, but 8-year-old Iliana Nilson may have said it best. “I’ve lived in Somerville my whole life,” Nilson told an panel of state officials while she stood on a chair and leaned into a microphone. “I’d like the air in Somerville to be clean. Please build the Green Line.”
"Hundreds attend Green Line meeting" âTurnout at these meetings sends the state a clear message that Somerville means business, that we are united in our desire for this Green Line extension,â Mayor Curtatone said.