Goals
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Indicator Measures
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How are we doing?
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10.1 Transportation that Enhances National and Global Competitiveness |
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10.1.1 Metro Boston’s global and national transportation capacity |
Boston’s air, sea and land connections contribute to its regional, national and local connectivity but are pressured by growth |
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10.1.2 Household income spent on transportation: Boston vs. comparable regions |
In 1999-2000, transportation-related costs in Metro Boston accounted for 16.6% of total household expenditures |
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10.2 An Integrated Regional System |
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10.2.1 Distribution of daily trips, Boston and Metro Boston |
In 2002, despite a strong public transit system, about 77% of the 927,000 daily trips into Boston were by private cars |
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10.2.2 Trends in rapid-transit ridership |
From 2000 to 2002, the subway system gained 20,000 new riders, who account for 668,000 new weekday trips. The T system is operating at 186.4% of its capacity at rush hours |
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10.3 Equitable and High Quality Transportation Access for All |
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10.3.1 Residents within a 10-minute walk or short drive from transit nodes by race, income, age group and transit dependencys |
56% of Boston residents, 79% of jobs and 51% of public schools are within a 10-minute walk, but low-income residents are underserved by walk-to rapid transit access |
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10.3.2 Convenience of service to bus riders |
In 2001 the bus system was operating at 103% of capacity. Frequency of service was highest on routes through low-income communities followed by routes through communities of color |
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10.3.3 Safety on streets and personal safety on public transit |
Massachusetts has only nine fatalities per 100,000 licensed drivers, less than half of the national average of 22. Crime on MBTA was unchanged |
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10.4 Environmentally Sustainable Transportation |
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10.4.1 Car ownership and vehicle miles traveled, Boston and Metro Boston |
From 1990 to 2000, car ownership in Boston rose by 34% and by 26% in Metro Boston |
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10.4.2 Vehicular greenhouse gas emissions |
Between 1996 and 1998, CO2 emissions in the state declined from 21.9 to 17.6 million metric tons but transportation’s share rose from 7.83 to 8.45 million metric tons |
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10.4.3 Use of clean-fuel vehicles by the MBTA |
In 2001, the MBTA purchased 124 new clean-fuel buses, up from 19 buses in 2000 |
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10.5 Options that Enhance Civic and Community Life |
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10.5.1 Miles of bike and pedestrian ways, people walking and biking to work |
Fewer people walked/biked to work in Boston/Inner Core/ Metro Boston, and car registrations increased from 1990 to 2000 |
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10.5.2 Traffic and parking volume in Boston |
From 1977 to 1999, traffic volume grew dramatically on Boston roads that carry the bulk of through traffic |
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10.5.3 Hours spent stuck in traffic |
The average annual number of hours residents of Metro Boston spend stuck in traffic increased from 28 in 1990 to 42 in 2000 |
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10.6 Adequate Public Funding |
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10.6.1 Transportation funding by mode |
Despite the ability of mass transit to ease congestion, and improve local connectivity and mobility, highway and air transport receive the lion’s share of public subsidies |
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