Mr. Secretary, Open this Road!
…road tolling would be a priority project. As transponders drop in price, they will become more pervasive (despite some objections) and the utility of open-road tolling will only increase. Also,…
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Consolidating Off-Road Vehicle Registration
/by Editorial Staff…and bureaucracies for on-road and off-road vehicles. The Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) registers cars, busses, trucks, motorcycles and all other on-road vehicles. The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs’ (EOEA)…
Why go down this road again
/by Jim StergiosMore on the Patrick administration’s moves to gut education reform. The Patrick proposal creates a Secretary of Education. It gives the Secretary broad budgetary power, reducing the Commissioner of Education…
Consolidating Off-Road Vehicle Registration
/by Pioneer Institute…RMV to register all motor vehicles—boats, ATVs and snowmobiles included. This consolidation would bring significant savings while actually improving service for off-road vehicle owners. Download Report: Consolidating Off-Road Vehicle Registration…
Summary: The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers
/by Pioneer Institute…(USDOE) has placed the nation on the road to a national curriculum, according to a new Pioneer report written by Robert S. Eitel and Kent D. Talbert, two former counsels…
Transit Innovation Explored: A Bus As Fast As A Train?
/by Editorial Staff…the roadway in the mid. And you would cross the road on a pedestrian crosswalk and a signalize one. And then the bus station or bus stop would be in…
The Boston Public Schools’ Road to Receivership
/by Cara Stillings Candal…Ultimately, it recommends that the state place BPS in receivership, a controversial model that may be the district’s best hope for recovery. Download The Boston Public Schools’ Road to Receivership…
Realizing Rent Control: Targeted Tenant Relief or Broad-Based Road to Ruin
/by Editorial Staffhttps://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/G45992/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1452122503-pioneerinstitute-episode-141-realizing-rent-control-targeted-tenant-relief-or-broad-based-road-to-ruin.mp3 Joe Selvaggi talks with Greater Boston Real Estate Board’s President and CEO Greg Vasil about the likely effect on all residents of Boston of Mayor Wu’s rent control…
The Road to a National Curriculum
/by Robert Eitel…of the U.S. Department of Education from 2006-2009, where he acted as the chief legal adviser to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. Download Report: The Road to a National Curriculum…
A Road to Financing
/by Pioneer Institute…Center for Urban Entrepreneurship that helps low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs by bolstering the skills of the community-based business advisors they look to for assistance. Download Report: A Road to Financing…
Mr. Commissioner, Open This Road!
/by Steve Poftak…time (see previous complaints). It doesn’t make sense and any benefits can be easily achieved without inconveniencing large numbers of drivers. Mr. Commissioner, Open This Road! Crossposted at Boston Daily….
Ford (Foundation) drives off the road
/by Jim StergiosFrom the Wall Street Journal comes an incredible story: “The Edsel of Education Reform. The Ford Foundation finds a needy cause: teachers unions.” Ugh. We hate to say it, but…
When will we go cashless on the Turnpike?
/by Jim StergiosFrom Bob Poole is an update on all the toll roads migrating to cashless payments: The conversion of toll roads to all-electronic/no-cash tolling seems to be accelerating. I’m drawing on…
Additional Resources – “The Road to the Stars” – U.S. Space Exploration – 25 Resources for K-12 Students
/by Jamie GassMoonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, by Brian Floca Who Was Neil Armstrong?, by Roberta Edwards My First Book of Planets: All About the Solar System for Kids, by Bruce…
“The Road to the Stars” – U.S. Space Exploration – 25 Resources for K-12 Students
/by Jamie GassU.S. Space Exploration 25 Resources for K-12 Students “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because…
Urban Cyclist Fatalities: Improving the Safety of Our Commuters
/by Jack Landsiedel…combat motor vehicle-cyclist accidents. In 2018, Massachusetts experienced four bicycle fatalities after 12 the previous year. The issue with sharing the road is that bikes are unpredictable. When riding through…
Open Letter to MassDOT Board Regarding I-90 Allston Multimodal Project
/by Mary Connaughton…Field Road so that policymakers have the information on the impact of eliminating lane capacity on routine commuters, affected towns, Memorial Drive, secondary roads and other side streets in the…
NYU Law Prof. Richard Epstein on the Founders’ Constitution & Federalism
/by Editorial Staff…that I don’t know if I’ve had a chance to sing this song, but the one by Willie Nelson on the road again so I was on the road again,…
Spotlight on Civics and U.S. History
/by Editorial Staff…people to understand democracy and often they have a whole agenda underlying that. But I think there is broad agreement about civics, but what is it going to take to…
Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 29th Annual Better Government Competition
/by Editorial Staff…to ease congestion, reduce emissions, and provide access to transportation hubs, marking the first time a shared autonomous vehicle has been allowed to travel on public roads in California. Innovative…
The Core Conundrum
/by Editorial Staff…the authority of the states over public education. In The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers,…
Massachusetts Dreams of Kick-starting a New Economy With Solar
/by Michael Morisy…package. “I am proud to share this day, and this road, with my friends at Evergreen Solar and NSTAR.” Next time, he might want to vet the road map his…
How does the Commonwealth Pay for Roads?
/by Daniel O'Leary…dollars in Chapter 90 funding. This funding is a mainstay in local budgets and helps cities and towns pay for road resurfacing as well as new road construction. Pioneer Institute…
Marathon Endurance Test: Leaders Pave the Way for Boston’s Return
/by Editorial Staff…know in many marathons, I think there’s a thousand marathons around the world. There are some that are 50, 60,000, but Boston’s limited. We’ve only got that little road in…
Dr. Adrian Mims on The Calculus Project & STEM
/by Editorial Staff…I won’t go down the political road, but I will say, because it’s important to me to note that I’m not a huge fan of some of the policies of…