Vision & Mission

A Better City represents a multi-sector group of nearly 130 business leaders united around a common vision: to create a more vibrant, competitive, sustainable, and equitable city and region for all. Our mission is 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.  

I-90 Allston Multimodal Project: The Time is Now

I-90 ALLSTON PROJECT UPDATE

Publications

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Feeling the Heat: B-COOL Pilot Explores the Efficacy of Heat Emergency Protocols in Boston’s Hotspot Neighborhoods

This Report shares the findings of the B-COOL 2024 temperature sensor pilot, which deployed 15 temperature sensors across environmental justice hotspot neighborhoods in Boston and compared their data to official heat emergency declaration . . . Read More
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Greening the Blue Line

In celebration of Earth Week, A Better City released Greening the Blue Line, a report undertaken in collaboration with Civic Space Collaborative and Weston & Sampson and with generous support from the Stone Living Lab. This project . . . Read More
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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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Tackling Extreme Heat: Recommendations for Strengthening Massachusetts Policy

On behalf of A Better City, Researcher Tanya Stasio, PhD, Assistant Researcher Elisabeth Seliga, Researcher Jordan Burt, Research Assistant Lila McNamee, and Principal Economist Liz Stanton, PhD prepared a policy brief  that reviews . . . Read More
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Extreme Heat Policy Review

On behalf of A Better City, Researcher Tanya Stasio, PhD, Assistant Researcher Elisabeth Seliga, Researcher Jordan Burt, Research Assistant Lila McNamee, and Principal Economist Liz Stanton, PhD prepared a background report that (1) . . . Read More

Greenway Business Improvement District (BID)

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