Category: Transportation

• CommonWealth Magazine

  Port of Boston needs (regulatory) attention Line between port and non-port activities shouldn’t be so rigid  TOM SKINNER Feb 23, 2019 SHARE 19 KUDOS TO BOSTON Harbor Now’s Jill Valdes Horwood and James Aloisi from TransitMatters for highlighting the need to rethink industrial ports like Boston (“Boston’s Port Needs Attention”). While their insights and observations were spot-on,…

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• Charlestown Navy Yard Master Plan. Please Comment

  contact@pier5.org – Pier 5 Association, Inc. National Park Service Master PlanPlease read and please post and please sharehttps://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/news/2022-06-21-npb_develops_ea.htm  Please make comments here BEFORE JULY 20th!https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=214&projectID=90626&documentID=121095All residents’ comments are welcome and encouraged. All Friends and Neighborhood groups, Pier 5 Association, Flagship, Constellation, Shipway, Parris Landing, etc  may want to make a response. Charlestown Navy Yard Master Plan Please Comment – contact@pier5.org – Pier…

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• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | US Department of Transportation

  Bipartisan Infrastructure LawThe President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes historic investments in the transportation sector: improving public safety and climate resilience, creating jobs across the country, and delivering a more equitable future“The once-in-a-generation investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will improve people’s lives in every state in the nation by increasing access to safe, clean, reliable…

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• BPDA approves 3,335 housing units, including 1,156 income-restricted units at January meeting | Boston Planning & Development Agency

  BPDA approves 3,335 housing units, including 1,156 income-restricted units at January meetingJan 14, 2021Over 1,000 homes will be reconstructed at Boston Housing Authority’s Bunker Hill Redevelopment in CharlestownThe Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors this month approved 7 new development projects and 2 Notice of Project Changes that will result in new…

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• Petition · Bring the MBTA Ferry Option Back for Eastie Residents! · Change.org

  

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• Ferry Returning to Pier 4

  

  Ferry Returning to Pier 4 by Patriot-Bridge Staff • March 17, 2016 • 1 Comment By Seth Daniel It took research and it took not giving up, but residents of Flagship Wharf are raising their flag in victory this week after Mayor Martin Walsh announced that the commuter ferry will be moved back to Pier 4 after a nine-year…

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• 2013 Amazon plans Boston expansion

  Amazon plans to create 3,000 jobs in Boston with new office expansion PUBLISHED TUE, JAN 26 20218:59 AM ESTUPDATED TUE, JAN 26 20213:31 PM EST Annie Palmer @ANNIERPALMER SHARE Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email KEY POINTS Amazon announced it will expand its Boston tech…

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• 1964 What is Zoning? | Boston Planning & Development Agency

  

  What is Zoning? The Boston Zoning Code is the set of rules by which the City’s neighborhood planning is implemented and dictates the allowed shape, density, and use of development in a given area. It protects Boston’s distinct neighborhoods from the development of buildings or uses that do not harmonize with their surrounding context. Fifteen…

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