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Gov. Charlie Baker says he has an arsenal of tools to improve Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure in a new $18-billion state transportation bond bill, including for bridge improvements, public transit funding and offering a financial incentive to companies who let their employees work from home. 
 

What is your top priority item in improving Massachusetts transportation infrastructure?
Fixing crumbling roads and bridges (37%, 61 VOTES)
Adding more public transit options (22%, 37 VOTES)
Expanding existing roadways (10%, 17 VOTES)
Fixing existing public transit infrastructure (19%, 31 VOTES)
Getting more people off the road during high-congestion hours (12%, 19 VOTES)
Poll Description

Gov. Charlie Baker says he has an arsenal of tools to improve Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure in a new $18-billion state transportation bond bill, including for bridge improvements, public transit funding and offering a financial incentive to companies who let their employees work from home. 
 

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  • August 6, 2019

    "Fixing" public transportation seems to always focus on the seven or eight miles from Boston and ignores the million plus of us who commute from outside that area into the city since all the jobs are there. If companies are lured into Boston or Cambridge then there needs to be a way to get the workers to those companies without it taking three hours of a day.

  • August 6, 2019

    Planning and projects always seem to be too little too late -- an example is the 495 90 connector. As this interchange is being worked on, population will grow and it will also cause additional slowing down of traffic making the problem worse first. And it won't begin for 2 more years and complete 4-5 years later. Thought needs to be put into how to reroute or create alternate routes for traffic away from some of the busier parts of the roads so people have shorter distances between the highways and their home. For example, there's a 10 mile gap between 495 and the Grafton exit on the Mass Turnpike where people are forced to choose one or the other and likely backtrack. The same for the number of miles between Worcester and Grafton and Westboro and Southborough on the train -- not enough stops or parking or frequency.

  • Mauricio J Silva
    July 31, 2019

    Because less people on the road less traffic and cars @mauriciopartyguy.

  • July 31, 2019

    Honestly, all of the above with the exception of expanding roadways. But, on top of all of these options, sidewalks should be mandated in ALL neighborhoods so walking transit and wheelchairs can get around.

  • July 30, 2019

    More handicapped accessible options! I just lost the bus service on Sundays to my area--I had bus stops active within 12 houses of my apartment building, but now there isn't anything within a quarter mile. I do use transportation on Sundays, and sometimes go into Boston via commuter rail, but this makes things much more challenging, as the lack of affordable options (few accessible cabs, and if the one on duty is already in use, I'm out of luck; no Lyft that would accommodate the wheelchair; other problems with private transportation...)

    Also: why must I limit my options to returning from downtown by bus to leaving the library at 8 PM, or leaving the summer music festival in the Canal District by 8 PM to catch that last bus? There's more and more happening downtown in the evenings, but not for those of us who use the bus...