Sign in: Facebook  ·  email
  • Our Work
    • Transit
    • Emerald Network
    • Go Boston 2030
    • Vision Zero
    • Great Neighborhoods
    • Policy
    • Outreach
  • Resources
    • Advocacy
    • StreetTalks
    • StreetLife
    • StreetFilms
    • Blog
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Membership
    • Tour de Streets
    • Street Ambassadors
  • About
    • About Us
    • Press
    • Staff + Board
    • Careers
    • Contact
  • Donate

Pages tagged "2021"

Orange Line commuters face crowded buses, COVID fears

By Lorraine Fryer | Mar 17, 2021

“Not everyone is feeling the impact but where they are felt it is catastrophic for the people who depend on public transit,” Thompson said. “We’ve cut entire bus lines and reduced service on other bus lines. These are buses that go to health centers. That help seniors get to grocery stores.”

Read more

Boston Council Discusses Ideas to Improve Sidewalk Snow Clearance

By Daniel Mueller | Mar 16, 2021

Kristiana Lachiusa, Director of Transit and Outreach for the LivableStreets Alliance, endorsed the Syracuse approach in subsequent testimony.

“Boston (calls itself) an age-friendly community,” Lachiusa reminded the Council. “We have a requirement – we made an agreement – that we were going to do this, so we need to keep up our end of the bargain.”

Read more

Kim Janey Announces Chairs of Mayoral Transition Sub-Committees

By Daniel Mueller | Mar 04, 2021

“I am honored to serve as the co-chair of the Transportation and Climate Justice Sub-Committee, and to be able to contribute in a small way to the just and equitable recovery process Boston must advance in the coming months,” said Stacy Thompson, executive director of the Livable Streets Alliance.

Read more

Sen. Markey Re-Introduces Bill To Improve Safety & Accessibility For All Road Users

By Daniel Mueller | Feb 24, 2021

“We are grateful for Senator Markey and Congressman Cohen’s continued leadership on the issue of Complete Streets,” said Stacy Thompson, executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance. “The ongoing COVID 19 crisis has demonstrated the need to fundamentally rethink our streets."

Read more

New Role for Chief Osgood Leaves Another Leadership Vacancy at Boston Transportation Dept.

By Daniel Mueller | Feb 22, 2021

Chief Osgood has been one of the city’s most well-liked and effective cabinet members, and I can’t think of a better person to shift into an incredibly challenging role, during a pandemic and with the uncertainty about what comes next with the new (mayoral) administration. - Stacy Thompson, Executive Director

Read more

WRTA board votes to extend fare suspension through June

By Daniel Mueller | Feb 18, 2021

You may not recognize it, but leaders across the state and across the country are looking to Worcester as a model for more equitable and efficient transit,” Lachiusa said. “I encourage you to keep going. This is serving as important proof of concept effort that is a critical step towards making the case for sustaining funding for this type of program to be put into place more permanently in Worcester and more broadly for other transit systems across the state.

Read more

Worcester-Area Buses Will Remain Free Until July

By Daniel Mueller | Feb 18, 2021

LiveableStreets Alliance community engagement manager Kristiana Lachiusa also spoke, telling the WRTA board there's a state-level bill in the works that would allow regional transit agencies to fund fare-free pilot programs. State Sen. Hariette Chandler is expected to cosponsor that measure, Lachiusa said.

Read more

Will Boston’s next mayor take the T to City Hall?

By Daniel Mueller | Jan 24, 2021

“When you have to spend a lot of time educating and working with a politician to get them [to understand], you lose time,” said Stacy Thompson, director of the Livable Streets Alliance, a Boston-area advocacy group. “A mayor who has been taking the bus to work every day is starting in a different place than one who was driving every day.”

Read more

TCI opponents push other states to reject controversial carbon tax

By Daniel Mueller | Jan 18, 2021

The state has yet to lay out its plans for spending the roughly $160 million that will be raised annually through the program. A minimum of 35% of the proceeds will be reinvested in communities most affected by air pollution, but Stacy Thompson of the Liveable Streets Alliance said it isn’t enough.

“Even the best case scenario for TCI is just not enough to meet the full scope of the transportation challenges we’re facing,” Thompson said.

Read more

Even During Pandemic, MBTA Overtime Train Kept Chugging Along

By Daniel Mueller | Jan 11, 2021

Stacy Thompson, executive director of the transit advocacy group LivableStreets Alliance, called the overtime tab "a byproduct of a philosophy that is penny wise and pound foolish," explaining the agency needs to hire more workers.

"The overtime numbers are really a canary in the coal mine, pointing to a long-term under-investment in personnel of the T," she said.

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • Next →

Like our work? Donate today!

Donate

LivableStreets Alliance
70 Pacific Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

[email protected]
617.621.1746

Get the latest updates:

Liquid syntax error: Error in tag 'subpage' - No such page slug site.signup_page

Sign in with Facebook, or email.

Created with NationBuilder