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American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
October 7, 2019

Study Proposes “Marshall Plan” for Attracting and Retaining Talent Needed to Modernize the MBTA

Better hiring practices and internal organization, external resources needed to deliver on expanded capital budget BOSTON – Going from much larger capital budgets to delivering the actual projects needed to repair and modernize the MBTA will require a “Marshall Plan” that includes...
Opportunity, Transportation
February 24, 2017

Getting the T Back on Track

The reforms that the Massachusetts Legislature advanced at the MBTA just two short years ago are having a tangible impact on the T’s financial viability and operations. In the near term, more remains to be done to close the T’s annual budget...
Opportunity, Transportation
April 7, 2015

Guess Who Runs the Best Paratransit System in the MBTA’s District? Hint: It's Not the T

Pioneer Institute’s ongoing analysis of the MBTA’s operations, finances, and performance aims to inform the public debate about the true problems plaguing the T and the most effective ways to improve the commuter experience for Massachusetts’ 1.2 million public transit system riders....
Opportunity, Transportation
February 18, 2015

Why wasn't the T funding snow storm preparation?

Canceled commuter trains are becoming the norm leading to continued paralysis of our city.  It is truly a hard thing to imagine—people standing on platforms for hours, often without information.  And this in sometimes frigid temperatures. How did we get here? Between...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
January 22, 2015

Study: Refocus on Workfare to Lift Mass. Residents from Poverty

Two decades after welfare reform, only 7.3 percent of Mass. recipients are participating in workfare, compared to the national average of 29.5 percent; Mass. has the lowest rate among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. BOSTON – During the 1990s, Massachusetts led a welfare...
Opportunity
July 22, 2014

6 Reasons Gov. Patrick Should Veto the Convention Center Expansion Bill

Pioneer Institute’s Research Director, Greg Sullivan, sent a letter today to Governor Patrick asking him to veto the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center expansion bill. He outlined six reasons why Governor Patrick should do so: The BCEC expansion will saddle the next...
Opportunity
July 7, 2014

New Life Science Industry report: Mass. gained only 55 life science jobs between 2010 and 2012

Last week, Pioneer Institute issued a report calling for Massachusetts to adopt two enhanced research and development tax credits, pointing out that research and development expenditures by Massachusetts industries dropped by 19% between 2007 and 2011 while California’s increased by 16.9% and...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
June 10, 2014

WCVB Team 5 Reports on Pioneer's Analysis of $92M Boston Fire Contract

Pioneer Institute Executive Director Greg Sullivan appeared on a WCVB Team 5 Investigates news report about the City of Boston’s $92 million contract with the Fire Department, which disproportionately benefits highly paid administrators and supervisors over rank and file firefighters. Watch the...
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
September 19, 2013

New Report: Massachusetts' Tech Tax an Unnecessary Detour

Report Finds Revenue Not Only Option for Plugging Transportation Funding Hole Caused by Tech Tax Repeal Savings from MBTA, privatization, taxi and prevailing wage reforms could eliminate need for new revenue BOSTON – The $160 million hole in state transportation funding that...
March 27, 2013

Gregory Sullivan Joins Pioneer Institute as Research Director

Gregory Sullivan Joins Pioneer Institute as Research Director Influential think tank welcomes former Massachusetts Inspector General BOSTON, MA – Pioneer Institute announced today that Gregory W. Sullivan will become the organization’s new Research Director. Sullivan begins his position on April 2nd. “We...