Please write a personal email to the Boston MPO in support of their having budgeted $158m to further extend the Green Line to Route 16. This is fairly politically daring, as that money represents 17% of a "Highway" funds account.
Full details of the 2016 - 2020 plan.
Submit an email comment to:
publicinformation@ctps.org
The deadline for comments is July 24,
so write today.
Suggested text is roughly:
Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
c/o Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS)
State Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150
Boston, MA 02116-3968
Dear Boston Region MPO:
I am writing to comment on the Draft Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity Determination: Federal Fiscal Years 2016-20. I strongly support extending the Green Line all the way to Route 16, so I am grateful to see that the Boston Region MPO has continued to program funding for Green Line Extension Project (Phase II), Medford Hillside (College Avenue) to Mystic Valley Parkway/Route 16.
The Route 16 Station will serve Medford Hillside, West Medford, West Somerville, and East Arlington. The Route 16 Station will provide thousands of residents with better access to jobs, to education, and to health care. Thank you for your continued support. You certainly have mine.