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A look back at pre-1985 Arborway service - from Scott Moore's NETransit web site

A look at the Arborway line tracks - Currently contains photos from the Arborway Yard into Forest Hills station.

Access Boston - The study to determine the City of Boston's transportation policies for the next decade.

Arborway.info - A site maintained by ARRPAC member Sean Sullivan detailing the progress of the Arborway Rail Restoraion Project Advisory Committee (ARRPAC).

Association for Public Transportation - A non-profit organization working for improved and expanded public transportation in Boston and New England

Boston Transit & Traffic - A look at one person's ideas to improve Boston transportation

Conservation Law Foundation - Boston-based regional environmental advocacy group instrumental in shaping area policy. The CLF sued to enforce Big Dig transit tie-in requirements and maintains a page on the Arborway restoration process.

Glossary of Transit Terms - From the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Light Rail Central See how cities around North America are scrambling to create from scratch what Boston has had all along.

Light Rail Now! Supports light rail development worldwide and provides guidance, strategic insight, technical expertise, and networking in support of light rail.

Light Rail Transit Association Advocating better public transport since 1937. A site replete with examples of cities worldwide that are conquering obstacles and building modern transportation systems.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - The operating agency for mass transit in Boston and 77 other Eastern Massachusetts communities

The MBTA has begun maintaining a page of information on the Arborway restoration project.

Massachusetts Public Transportation Web - A directory of web sites related to public transit in Massachusetts

Metropolitan Planning Organization - The regional planning group for Eastern Massachusetts (How to get involved)

New England Transportation newsgroup - Discuss the issues

More discussion from railroad.net

Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership   -  A site dedicated to the planned extension of the Green Line north through Somerville and Medford. Like Arborway restoration, this project is required by 310 CMR 7.36 as part of Massachusetts's Clean Air Act state implementation plan (SIP). More info and some maps are at the Green Line Somerville Committee site, which doesn't seem to be updated anymore.

   
       
 
   

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