EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT the collapse of the T and wondering whether, to borrow a phrase from departing GM Beverly Scott, even God Jr. could get the trains running on time again. The stakes are incredibly high for Greater Boston and the state as a whole, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of people who […]
Joseph Curtatone
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
Everything is riding on the T
THE SYSTEM-WIDE MBTA failures during the recent snowstorms should serve as a call to arms for everyone in Massachusetts. Quite literally, our prosperity is on the line. I’m not talking about just the prosperity of metro Boston or the eastern portion of the state. I’m talking about the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The reliable operation […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Olympics a regional effort
AS ORGANIZERS AND community leaders work to put together an Olympics bid for metro Boston we need to cast our thoughts to 2124, not 2024. I support bringing the Olympics to Boston. If done right I believe it could create an opportunity to deliver civic benefits to our region. We should not be planning to […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
The lessons behind Somerville’s new T stop
On Tuesday I had the privilege of cutting the ribbon on the first new MBTA rail station to open in 27 years. Thanks to the new Orange Line T stop in Assembly Square, officially called Assembly Station, we’re building more than 2 million square feet of office space, a half-million square feet of retail space, […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
On immigrant children, we’re failing a moral test
The lingering question with the thousands of children detained along the US-Mexico border is are we still a nation that takes action or have we become paralyzed by our politics? What’s at stake is the United States’ claim to greatness. We view ourselves as the one indispensable nation, a beacon of hope and liberty to […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Cancel their bill
it’s an issue that has received only limited media attention, so it may come as a surprise to most Massachusetts residents that a single telecommunications corporation — Verizon — has slipped a special interest bill (S1531) into the current legislative session. But it’s true. As state and local governments struggle to cope with a perilous […]