Transportation

May 3, 2010 Water pipe rupture causing severe hardship for families, businesses Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, together with Congressmen Edward Markey, Barney Frank, Stephen Lynch, James McGovern, Richard Neal, John Tierney, Niki Tsongas, Michael Capuano, John Olver, and William Delahunt today thanked President Barack Obama for issuing a disaster declaration for… Read more »

Senator John Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank, and Congressman Jim McGovern today hailed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation that it would award $2.6 million to the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) and $200,000 to the Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRTA). Both grants, as well as four others awarded to other Massachusetts… Read more »

U.S. Reps Jim McGovern (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Niki Tsongas today commended the U.S. Department of Transportation for providing $750,000 in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the Metrowest Regional Transit Authority. The Authority covers the communities of Hopkinton, Holliston, Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Sherborn, Ashland, Marlborough,… Read more »

A study released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office shows that commuter rail lines bear most of the liability for accidents that occur on tracks they share with freight railroads. The report was requested by four Members of Congress: James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; John W. Olver (Mass.), Chairman of the House… Read more »