{"id":36188,"date":"2024-02-29T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonchamber.com\/?post_type=policy-insights&#038;p=36188"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:37:04","slug":"chamber-president-ceo-appointed-to-states-transportation-funding-task-force-by-governor-healey","status":"publish","type":"policy-insights","link":"https:\/\/bostonchamber.com\/policy-insights\/chamber-president-ceo-appointed-to-states-transportation-funding-task-force-by-governor-healey\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber President &amp; CEO Appointed to State&#8217;s Transportation Funding Task Force by Governor Healey"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> .banner:before {\r\n        background: linear-gradient(0deg,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0.5)) !important;\r\n    }<\/style><div id=\"ra_id_1709236422\" class=\"banner dark-hero-theme standard\" style=\"background-image: url()\">\r\n        <div class=\"container  banner-container text-Center\">\r\n            <div class=\"row center-items\">\r\n                                \r\n                <div class=\"col-lg-7\"  >\r\n                                            <!-- <p class=\"label special-label\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/p> -->\r\n                    \r\n                    <h1 class=\"underline-text white  required\" tabindex=\"0\">\r\n                        Chamber President &amp; CEO Appointed to State&#8217;s Transportation Funding Task Force                    <\/h1>\r\n                                            <div class=\"xyz\" tabindex=\"0\"><p><\/p><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"banner_event\">\r\n                                                <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"banner-btn-wrapper\">\r\n                                                                                <\/div>\r\n                        <!-- <a href=\"#\">Link<\/a>\r\n                        <a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"#\">Link<\/a>\r\n                        <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"#\">External Link<\/a>\r\n                        <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"#\">More<\/a> -->\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n    setTimeout(function () {\r\n        console.log('here');\r\n\t\t$('#_youtube-iframe-wrapper').show();\r\n\t}, 2000);\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\n\n<style>\r\n    .cta-btn-wrapper{margin-bottom:2rem;margin-top:-10px;}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<section class=\"wysiwyg_block\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-lg-8\">\r\n            \r\n            <p>Governor Maura Healey appointed our Chamber&#8217;s President &amp; CEO, James E. Rooney, to the state&#8217;s Transportation Funding Task Force, which includes public sector leaders and business groups.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing that functioning and efficient transportation and mobility advances the region&#8217;s competitiveness, the Chamber vigorously advocated for the creation of this task force. Residents and employers are frustrated with the ongoing transportation crisis: Boston&#8217;s traffic has been ranked 4th worst on the planet, bridges are crumbling, and the region&#8217;s transit systems are unreliable. The region&#8217;s transportation challenges hinder the ability of people to commute and slow the revitalization of our downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The Chamber&#8217;s President &amp; CEO, James E. Rooney, told the Boston Globe, \u201cWe\u2019re still without a mechanism for figuring out how to deal with a long-term strategy for funding and pricing mobility. Our way of dealing with transportation funding is to lurch from crisis to crisis. &#8230; That does not allow us to have a comprehensive, strategic funding approach to transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The task force will analyze the long-term financing strategies for road, rail, and transit systems and infrastructure in Massachusetts. The first meeting of the task force is February 29, 2024. 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