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  • Home
  • Economic Benefits
    • Attract and Maintain Talent
    • Business and Commerce Growth
    • Economic Expansion
    • Increased Property Value
    • Job Growth
    • Labor Force Participation
    • Local Economic Revitalization
    • Reduced Congestion
    • Reliability
    • Tourism
  • Quality of Life Benefits
    • Accessibility
    • Active Lifestyle
    • Affordability
    • Attractiveness
    • Community Health
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Equity
    • Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation
    • Heritage Conservation
    • Housing
    • Land Use Planning and Conservation
    • Noise
    • Resilience
    • Safety
    • Shortened Travel Time
  • Find Your State
  • Read the Report
  • Resources
    • Today’s State DOTs: Leading Transportation Change
    • Transportation Is: Video Stories
    • EconWorks
    • Surface Reauthorization
  • Attractiveness,  Massachusetts,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    Longfellow Bridge Reconstruction

    The Longfellow Bridge carries Route 3, the MBTA Red Line as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the cities of Boston and Cambridge across the Charles River. The bridge was first opened…

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  • Economic Benefits of Transportation,  Economic Expansion,  Massachusetts

    Green Line Extension

    The Green Line Extension (GLX) is a project which seeks to create rapid transit into Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford. While these areas are neighbors of Boston and represent large populations of daily commuters…

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  • Community Health,  Massachusetts,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    Complete Streets

    The Complete Streets Program was designed to support the efforts of municipalities to build infrastructure which would give members of the public safe travel routes, whether individuals were walking, riding bicycles, taking public…

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  • Attractiveness,  Massachusetts,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    Community Transit Grants

    The Community Transit Grant Program (CTGP) is designed to award funds to help meet the transportation and mobility needs of seniors and people with disabilities. This annual competitive program acts to distribute Federal…

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  • Community Health,  Massachusetts,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation

    Commonwealth Avenue Bridge

    Commonwealth Avenue is one of the primary access points to Boston for East-West bound traffic. This broad avenue proceeds directly from the heart of downtown Boston to Packard’s Corner in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. It carries…

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