In a Funding Portfolio, Diversity Drives Impact
Five lessons from a partnership between the Barr Foundation and Community Labor United.
Barr’s New Climate Resilience Strategies
Climate Program Co-Directors Mariella Puerto and Mary Skelton Roberts outline the rationale, priorities, and early steps of the Foundation’s newly-expanded focus on resilience.
From Planning to Action: Preparing Boston for a Changing Climate
Mia Mansfield, program manager for the City of Boston’s Climate Ready Boston initiative, talks about the findings, next steps, and key lessons from Boston’s most recent climate resilience report.
Time for Aspiration for Mobility in Massachusetts
Reflections on the urgency, and possibility of dramatic change in Massachusetts’ transportation system in 2018 and beyond.
Barr Foundation Expands Climate Program
With an initial $5 million commitment for 2018, Barr Foundation adds climate resilience as a third priority of its Climate program.
Riding the Bus Is About to Get Better for 30,000 Commuters
Arlington, Everett, and Cambridge in partnership with Watertown, receive $100,000 grants to demonstrate BRT’s potential.
Because We All Love our Children
They entered the room as adversaries. They left as partners, committed, for their children’s sake, to solve a pressing climate challenge.
Sound Lessons from Seattle
Eight lessons from Massachusetts leaders on a study tour of mobility innovations in Seattle.
The Results Are In: All-Door Boarding a Boost for the MBTA’s Silver Line Bus
For two weeks, Silver Line riders boarded the bus through three doors instead of one. Here’s how it changed the commuting experience.
Northeast States Extend Leadership on Clean Energy
Ambitious new goals set for next phase of highly successful, market-based effort to reduce emissions and spur clean energy.