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MassDOT’s West Station design plans fall one track short
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: MBTA, Blog: Transportation, Featured /by Andrew MikulaIn 2014, MassDOT proposed the construction of West Station, a new transit hub in Allston-Brighton that would significantly improve the connectivity of Boston’s western suburbs with Cambridge and North Station. Using an old freight corridor called the Grand Junction Railroad, the project initially seemed like a neat work-around to the inevitably exorbitant costs and disruptiveness of the North-South Rail Link, at least for Framingham/Worcester Line users. Unfortunately, MassDOT’s recent designs for the station will potentially limit accessibility to new destinations and old ones alike. Instead of a four-track ideal that would accommodate both inbound and outbound travel on each branch, MassDOT wants to limit local Framingham/Worcester Line trips to a single track to accommodate two express trains that existing […]
Pioneer Report Offers Framework for Improving Greater Boston’s Global Competitiveness
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, Press Releases, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffPioneer’s new report, Greater Boston as a Global Competitor, provides useful metrics to help Massachusetts formulate a strategy to become an even more attractive place for innovators and talent.
Open Letter to MA Governor Charlie Baker Regarding Boston Commuters from Points West
/0 Comments/in Blog: Better Government, Blog: Transportation, Featured, News: Transportation /by Editorial StaffIn an Open Letter to the Massachusetts Governor, Pioneer Institutes presents its concerns about the I-90 Allston Multimodal Project, and its impact on those who will be most affected during the project’s construction
In the past few years, the tobacco industry has thrived in Massachusetts. Here’s why.
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Economy, Blog: Transparency, Transparency /by Andrew MikulaDespite recent good news about declines in alcohol, traditional cigarette, and hard drug use among young people, it seems that retailers of these heavily regulated (or just plain illegal) substances aren’t going away any time soon. The number of Massachusetts bars and nightclubs – or, in the words of the Census Bureau, “places primarily engaged in preparing and serving alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption” – has wavered between about 700 and 800 since the late 1990s in a pattern that, amusingly (and probably coincidentally), seems countercyclical (see Figure 1). Figure 1: Source: Your-economy Time Series However, more concerning than the trend in drinking establishments is the trend in tobacco stores, defined as “establishments primarily engaged in retailing cigarettes, cigars, […]
New Report & Legal Analysis Suggests ICER’s Quality Adjusted Life Years Methodology Violates the Americans with Disabilities Act
/in Featured, Healthcare, PioneerLegal, Press Releases: Health Care, Press Releases: Life Sciences, Press Releases: PioneerLegal /by Editorial StaffA new report, “The Legality of QALY under the ADA,” outlines several potential legal violations and negative implications for disabled individuals related to the adoption of the QALY approach to drug value assessment, used most prominently by ICER.