Vision

To create a more vibrant, competitive, sustainable, and equitable city and region for all.

Mission:

To engage the Greater Boston business community and civic institutions in developing solutions and influencing policy through research and collaboration on transportation, climate, and land use issues.  

Publications

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2024 Year in Review

In 2024, A Better City worked alongside you—and with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, State Legislature, and Wu Administration—to develop solutions to some of Greater Boston’s most pressing challenges—from . . . Read More
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A Better City TMA 2024 Year In Review

Our TDM team lives in the weeds of Greater Boston’s transportation network, in that place where policy rubber meets actual road. We support you, our Partners, along your unique mobility journeys, ensuring you have the best . . . Read More
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Building Our Future: Lessons Learned from Partnering with the PowerCorpsBOS Building Operations Training Program

For the past two and a half years, A Better City and its members have partnered with the City of Boston’s new workforce development training program, PowerCorpsBOS, to develop and implement a building operations program track. The . . . Read More
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Making A Comeback: A Review of Federal Infrastructure Grants and the Competition for Federal Funds

How is Massachusetts doing in securing federal infrastructure dollars? This report analyzes the outcomes of competitive grants supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act—looking at ​one hundred and . . . Read More
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The Light at the End of This Tunnel: Lessons Learned from the Sumner Tunnel Closure for the MBTA, Commuters, & Our Region

The Light at the End of This Tunnel: Lessons Learned from the 2023 Sumner Tunnel Closure for the MBTA, Commuters, and & Our Region, highlights key results from the 2023 two month (July-August) Sumner Tunnel closure and offers . . . Read More

Greenway Business Improvement District (BID)

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