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  • The Plan
  • Housing
    • Overview
    • The Business Case for Housing
    • Housing Endorsements
    • Housing Endorsement Form
    • Series: Housing on the South Shore
  • Infrastructure
    • Overview
    • Transportation
    • Water & Wastewater
  • News Center
    • The 2030 Blog
    • Virtual Events & Videos
    • Informational Reports
  • Our Region
    • About the South Shore
    • Demographics
    • Workforce Statistics
    • Essential Industries
    • Job Board
  • Partner With Us
    • Invest in Your Region
    • Why Invest
    • 2030 Funders
  • About Us
    • Why?
    • SSEDC Trustees
    • Our Team
    • Working Committees
    • Contact Us
  • Sister Sites
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Transportation

Responding to the MBTA Service Cuts due to COVID-19

​The proposed MBTA service cuts could impact far more people and interests than simply the individual riders of ferries, buses, and trains. Some of the proposals threaten the region’s economic future. Municipalities, developers, businesses, and homeowners have planned, invested, or located around long-term transit assets. Our Chamber is working to protect these assets. We engaged in dozens of public and private discussions with state and local officials and the administration to ensure that public transit on the South Shore is preserved.

And our work has paid off. Working with local and state officials the Chamber made a compelling case connecting mass transit and economic growth, especially housing development. As a result the MBTA has re-evaluated their recommendations and is committed to preserving ferry services and some of the bus services. Our work is ongoing until Boston re-opens and commuting returns to normal.

Advocacy Efforts

  • On November 17th, organized and led meeting with Joe Aiello, Fiscal and Management Control Board Chair for the MBTA with 50 + regional leaders, stakeholders, local officials.
  • Submission of an official letter to MBTA outlining concerns. See link to full letter.
  • Creation of member sign-on letter. Chamber members can support our position and express concern by reading and signing the letter via the link provided.
  • READ: Hingham Journal article

WATCH: Harbor Media interview

​"The ferry is important to the South Shore whether or not you actually ride it…It’s about broader interests, it’s about economic development in the communities, it’s about housing, and it’s about the economic strength of the South Shore."

-Chamber President Peter Forman

Thank you to our
Transportation Initiative Funder!

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Transportation Advisory Group Members

​Our Transportation Advisory Group helped us to identify and focus in on key transportation related strategies for our 2022 Infrastructure Priorities Report. We thank them for their guidance and expertise. ​The group focused on how transportation can leverage housing & development investment rather than simply improving commuting on Route 3 or local traffic. We know that as we expand our work and more development opportunities for housing, retail, etc. come to fruition that there will be an impact on traffic and congestion. They also examined Boston transportations that directly impact the South Shore including mass transit, water ferries, managed lanes, Boston congestion proposals and transportation financing. 
Joe Sullivan, Co-Chair
Former Mayor of Braintree
​Jennifer Constable
Town of Rockland, Hull Board of Selectman
David DeCoste
State Representative
Kristine Gorman
Jacobs
Mark Pelletier
STV Incorporated
Janice Bergeron, Co-Chair
RND Consultants
Ned Corcoran
Corcoran Law Office
Paul Durgin
Jack Conway & Company
Michael Lambert
Brockton Area Transit (BAT)
Matt Poirier
Keville Enterprises
John Cogliano
P&B Bus Lines
Susan Daileader
Rockland Trust Bank
Tina Dwyer
South Shore Health
Mary Jane O'Meara
HNTB
Staff Contact: Peter Forman | pforman@southshorechamber.org | 781.421.3900
South Shore Economic Development Corporation
1050 Hingham Street, Rockland MA 02370
Phone: 781.421.3900 | info@southshorechamber.org | sitemap
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