Transportation

The Green Decade Coalition Transportation Committee focuses on transportation issues in Newton, with the objective of making recommendations about specific policy positions related to:

• Public transit
• Ongoing traffic and parking concerns citywide
• Promoting the use of alternative energy vehicles by residents and by the City
• Expanding Zipcar (link) locations in Newton
• Reviving the Nexus (link) bus as a two-way vehicle
• New housing and commercial development projects, to be transit-oriented as well as bicycle and pedestrian friendly

We are working with Bike Newton, a grassroots organization affiliated with the Green Decade Coalition, to improve bicycle safety and bicycle accommodations crucial to enabling more Newton citizens to use bicycles for errands, school, commuting to the T and to work.

The Transportation Committee will evaluate all of these topics over time, initially as a study group. The Newton Comprehensive Plan Transportation and Mobility chapter will be used as a starting point for examining the issues.

For more information, contact transportation@greendecade.org.

Volunteer opportunities with the Transportation Committee