Expected to be in excess of $50 billion, Healey's budget is the opening move in the give and take exchanges between the executive and legislative branches each tasked with proposing a state spending plan for the next fiscal year that begins on July 1.
Transit authority administrator Angie Gompert lauded the clean-energy benefits of an electric fleet.
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Among a series of speakers at the festive event, veteran VTA driver Andre Bonnell had the crowd laughing as he described the agency’s conversion from diesel to electric as going from the “Fred Flintstone-vintage to the George Jetson” era of transit.
The VTA now has 12 all-electric buses operating on Island and another four are scheduled for delivery in June, according to agency spokesman Colin Ouderkirk.
The project unveiled Friday at the agency’s A street, Edgartown facility adds solar canopy charging and an energy storage system, which officials hailed as a game-changer for the VTA.
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VTA Administrator Angie Gompert joins members of the VTA advisory board in cutting the ribbon to a new charging facility.
VTA administrator Angie Gompert.
MassDOT Acting Administrator of Rail and Transit, Meredith Slesinger spoke at the ceremony.
The crowd at the ceremony Friday.
A new VTA solar canopy.
VTA advisory board chair Alice Butler said there is a fleet of 12 electric buses presently and four more are coming next month.
The Vineyard Transportation Authority held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday for a series of solar canopies it erected at its facility at the Airport Business Park.
By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
December 10, 2020
Taft Street hosts a three-decker lineup.
The Boston Society of Architects held a virtual conversation about sustainable homes and energy retrofits for small- to middle-scale housing last week as a part of its upcoming exhibition, the “Future-Decker Series.”
The series features discussions with residents, architects, and designers as they share and learn from one other about the past, present, and future of the iconic building type that’s prevalent in Dorchester and other Boston neighborhoods: the three-decker.
Speakers touched on the architectural, economic, and, ultimately, social value of retrofitting three-deckers to be sustainable as part of the city’s carbon neutrality goals.