Regional Transit Riders Deserve Their Fair Share
It is essential that this new source of revenue be used to strengthen transportation infrastructure, and RTAs are key in realizing a robust transit system that delivers for all residents.
It is essential that this new source of revenue be used to strengthen transportation infrastructure, and RTAs are key in realizing a robust transit system that delivers for all residents.
More than three-quarters of Massachusetts residents support boosting funding for the state’s 15 regional transit authorities, which provide local bus and paratransit services beyond the reach of the MBTA.
Nearly 6 in 10 likely voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to impose a higher tax rate on income above $1 million, a new poll shows.
A new poll of Massachusetts voters suggests some may support the return of rent control, so long as it’s not a statewide mandate.
To get to the required 50 percent reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the Baker administration says about a third of Massachusetts homes will have to be heated and cooled with electric heat pumps, and Gov. Charlie Baker is looking into whether it makes sense for his Swampscott home to be among them.
A new poll says nearly half of all Massachusetts voters and fully half of independents oppose a proposal that would open the door to municipal rent control ordinances.
Boston City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu drew sharp distinctions between their campaigns as they faced off Wednesday in the first head-to-head televised debate of the final stretch of Boston’s mayoral contest.
It looks like the Sept. 14 preliminary election in Boston’s mayoral race will be a battle for second place.
A new poll from the MassINC Polling Group offers encouraging signs for a less-polluting future, but also offers a warning sign that officials can’t take riders’ comfort with mass transit for granted.
Nearly equal shares of Boston voters strongly support ways to fix the region’s housing crisis that many developers might say are at cross-purposes: rent control and promoting more housing development.
A majority of Massachusetts residents believe that if the MBTA sharply cuts back on services to balance its budget next year those commuting options will not return after the state’s economy fully reopens, according to a new MassINC poll.
A new survey from the MassINC Polling Group finds that 39 percent of Massachusetts workers currently employed would like to continue working from home either full-time or for part of the week once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
A new poll of Massachusetts voters finds 67 percent still think big changes are needed to the state transportation system, despite a dramatic increase in working from home among white-collar workers.
A new poll of Massachusetts residents suggests the state could be heading for a crisis in the rental housing sector.
Massachusetts voters support raising new revenue to make transportation investments, but a new poll shows they are divided over some of the key methods that lawmakers are weighing to generate funding.
A new survey has found significant numbers of Boston’s black and Latino residents see the Seaport as a hostile and unwelcoming place, and many city residents feel the area is too expensive and exclusive.
A new poll by the MassInc Polling Group for WBUR shows over half of Boston-area residents disapprove of Gov. Charlie Baker’s handling of the MBTA.
Again trying to tap the brakes on attempts to raise taxes to fund transportation improvements, Gov. Charlie Baker over the weekend called on Beacon Hill to address his housing production bill, saying housing costs are causing frustrated commuters to weigh moving out of Massachusetts.