Somerville Journal: “Urban Ring bus route and I-93, Mystic Avenue improvement projects scrapped due to Regional Transportation Plan cuts”
âWe take no pleasure in the dramatic cutbacks included in the new Regional Transportation Plan, but they represent a realistic assessment of funds currently available, and likely to be available in future years,â said Draisen who also serves as vice chairman of the Boston Region MPO which allocates federal transportation dollars. âEveryone should recognize that the state’s transportation system is woefully underfunded. We are over-burdened by years of debt, and the value of the gas tax â unchanged since 1991 â has not kept pace with inflation.â
