This month, LWVMA participated in two forums with Transportation for Massachusetts. The first event, a Transportation & Climate Initiative forum held on November 10, focused on clean transportation for rural communities. It featured Secretary for Energy and Environmental Affairs Katie Theoharides, State Senator Adam Hinds, Franklin Regional Council of Governments Executive Director Linda Dunlavy, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Principal Planner/Section Manager Catherine Ratté, and The Nature Conservancy Director of Government Relations Steve Long. You can watch a recording here.
The second event, held on November 16, was a LWVMA and T4MA transportation policy forum, featuring LWVMA Co-President Elizabeth Foster-Nolan, Metropolitan Area Planning Council Manager of Government Affairs Lizzi Weyant, MASSPIRG and US PIRG Environment Campaigns Director Matt Casale, T4MA Statewide Organizing Director Angela Johnson-Rodriguez, and Acadia Center Carbon Programs Director Jordan Stutt. That recording is available here.