ACE | alternatives for community and environment

Upcoming events

Public Meeting on the Biolab Risk Assessment Panel(event)(2 days)
JPNDC's Building an Equitable Community(event)(3 days)
Brockton Power Plant Hearing Day 1(event)(5 days)
Community-owned Sustainable Energy Working Group(event)(5 days)
Dudley Square Vision: New Area B-2 Police Station(event)(7 days)
The Walk to Freedom - CORI Reform Now!(event)(8 days)

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REEP: Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project

REEP develops and supports youth leadership in our home neighborhood through a school-based environmental justice curriculum, an after-school youth leadership program, and youth-led organizing projects. Click here to learn more about REEP

TRU: the T Rider's Union

TRU organizes public transit riders to build a unified voice and movement for better public transportation in Greater Boston. TRU focuses our organizing on lower income riders and riders of color who must depend on public transit to reach their daily destinations. Click here to learn more about TRU

Our Services Program

Our Services Program provides legal and technical assistance and capacity building services to help strengthen and support grassroots groups working on environmental justice in our region. Click here to learn more about our Services Program

Boston teen demands bus improvements after extensive research

March 6, 2008

ROXBURY, MA—In the face of the MBTA’s rapidly declining ridership, $8.2 billion debt, and recent revelations of lying to bus riders, 17-year old T Riders Union (TRU) member Stuart Spina has compiled a list of recommendations to make the bus system more efficient and effective.

aceadmin – Thu, 03/06/2008 – 4:55pm

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Bus riders present their own service improvement agenda items at MBTA board meeting

Do MBTA bus improvements make their way on to the MBTA board of directors’ agenda? The T Riders Union (TRU) and the On the Move (OTM) Greater Boston Transportation Justice Coalition says not often enough. The group testified at today's MBTA board meeting to present five agenda items for board “approval”. Although only MBTA senior staff is supposedly able to propose agenda items for MBTA board meetings, TRU/OTM asked for more investment in bus service improvements.

truadmin – Tue, 08/14/2007 – 4:00pm

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ACE Joins Transportation Investment Coalition to Advocate for Increase in Transportation Revenue

ACE joined with a diverse group of environmental, planning, transportation, community, labor, business, industry and other advocacy organizations to form a Massachusetts Transportation Investment Coalition in response to the alarming findings recently released by the state’s Transportation Finance Commission.

aceadmin – Thu, 07/12/2007 – 4:54pm

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The Latest

Welcome to ACE's new web site. We've completely redesigned our site to provide more information about our programs, and more opportunities to get involved and take action to promote environmental justice. Also routinely check out In the News for the most up-to-date articles in print, TV, and radio about our work. Email us with your comments and feedback.

admin – Mon, 02/27/2006 – 8:44pm

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