Twelve Designs Reimagine the Boston Bus Stop
Michael Kodransky of ITDP reveals ideas for innovative bus stations in Boston and calls on the public to vote for their favorite design.
Build a Better Bus Stop
BostonBRT announces a design competition for innovative bus stations in Boston.
We’re Calling on Cities to Lead the Way to Better Transit
Mary Skelton Roberts shares an opportunity for communities to pilot elements of Gold Standard Bus Rapid Transit.
New England Chambers of Commerce Leading on Clean Energy
Diane Doucette of Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy shares five ways area businesses reaped the benefits of clean energy in 2016.
Clean Energy Powers 3 Million U.S. Jobs
New research reveals a vibrant, new national industry and workforce.
Buses Are What’s Next in Transportation
This article was originally published in the Opinion section of Commonwealth Magazine on January 23, 2017.
Resilient Resolutions
Key findings and next steps from a new report on Boston’s vulnerabilities to rising seas and other adverse climate effects.
Four Lessons of Climate Leadership from Northern Europe
Boston Green Ribbon Commission Director Amy Longsworth shares key insights from a recent trip by Massachusetts leaders to learn from cities that are enhancing quality of life, building resilience to climate change, and boosting their economies through clean energy.
King Tides Preview Rising Seas
Boston’s recent “King Tides” provided a glimpse into the near-future—what scientists predict will be the “new normal” of daily high tides by mid-century.
Frame Shift. Then Power Shift.
Elena Letona, executive director of Neighbor to Neighbor (and a 2005 Barr Fellow), shares lessons learned from an old, industrial city in western Massachusetts, where community members, labor groups, elected officials, and others found common cause in a winning effort to go from “coal to sol!”