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Photo by Mark Ostow; gas pump illustration by James Yang.

Pump it up: The Bay State’s transportation networks are literally falling apart. New gas tax revenues may be the only way out.
By Gabrielle Gurley
Summer 2008

Underfunded and overextended: New transit projects are only making it tougher for the MBTA to maintain basic service
By Terry Regan
Summer 2008

Not everyone in the South Coast region is into a new commuter rail line
By Gabrielle Gurley
Spring 2008

Transportation Finance Commission makes tough calls, gets cold shoulder
By Jim O’Sullivan
Fall 2007

Still working on the railroad: funding fuzzy for South Coast rail
By Gabrielle Gurley
Summer 2007

Taking off: Will breaking the trans-Atlantic barrier make Bradley Airport the jet engine of the western Massachusetts economy?
By Gabrielle Gurley
Winter 2007

Traffic jam: Meeting transportation needs could mean a higher gas tax and more tolls, not fewer
By Charles D. Chieppo
Winter 2007

Learning from the Big Dig: What lessons can be drawn from an engineering triumph now marked by tragedy?
Essays by M. David Lee, David Luberoff, Douglas MacDonald, Kenneth Mead, Andrew Nastios, Joseph Nigro, James Rooney, and James Stergios
Fall 2006

Second-guesswork: Fred Salvucci insists that the Big Dig was the right project, just not done right
By Robert Keough
Fall 2006

Mr. Nice Guy: Everybody loves Dan Grabauskas. But can he keep the MBTA’s customers satisfied?
By Gabrielle Gurley
Growth & Development Extra 2006

Red Line extension pulls in pedestrians and parkers
By Gabrielle Gurley
Growth & Development Extra 2006

CommonWealth Forum: Mass transit projects after the Big Dig
By Eric Wagner
Summer 2005

Dug in: It’s time to reconsider Big Dig-related transit projects
By David Luberoff
Spring 2005