Southeast MA Regional Transportation (SMART) Citizens Task Force
Southeast Massachusetts Regional Transportation (SMART) is a citizens task force focused singularly on transportation in the entire southeast MA region, with interest in redirecting trucks and cars to other routes instead of crossing bridges onto the Cape and funneling towards Woods Hole where the Steamship Authority tries to expand capacity. The current system is overwhelmed, from bridges to islands and all between.
lease write in support of S2361 (Senator Susan Moran’s bill): “An Act relative to municipal equity in Steamship Authority operations” See: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2361 Written testimony may be submitted by email to Kirsten.Centrella@mahouse.gov. Please consider including one or more of the points below in your letter: The SSA has become a destructive monopoly. The SSA is destroying its mainland …
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New Bedford port development plans NEW BEDFORD WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN:FOCUS AREA NORTHDraft March 2020 NEW BEDFORD WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN:FOCUS AREA SOUTHDraft March 2020 “There is renewed interest in a freight ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard, prompted by continuing pressure on the Steamship Authority (SSA) by residents and businesses in Falmouth/Woods Hole to remove truck traffic. …
1. Will the SSA be issuing a Request for Proposals for the future NB freight service that would be open to all to submit a proposal? 2. When will Craig Johnson’s work begin? Freight service planning would have to begin at least 18-24 months before service could begin, and need not wait until the …
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Traffic count figures indicate a funnel of traffic in this interactive map created by the Cape Cod Commission.
A CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE MASSACHUSETTSSTEAMSHIP AUTHORITY ENABLING ACT SMART analysis of traffic share of Steamship Authority cars, buses, and larger trucks on Woods Hole Road (S of Oyster Pond), sum of S and N traffic count passing S of Oyster Pond Road intersection TrafficsharebySSAinSeptember2020 SMART review report “On the Costs of …
Southeast MA Regional Transportation (SMART) Citizens Task Force 