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July 27 2008
The billion-dollar bailout Mass. can't afford [2]
The Legislature should take the time to get this right. The proposed bailout rewards the Turnpike's abysmal record while shifting the risks to the taxpayer. Bailing out the Turnpike with no accompanying reforms, no transparency, and no comprehensive plan to address its underlying problems will be remembered for years as the other bookend to the sorry Big Dig saga.
Full Publication (PDF) [3]
July 21 2008
MTF Warning: Rush to $2.3 Billion Turnpike Bailout Poses Large Risk to State Finances [4]
MTF Letter to State Senate

The Commonwealth is going on this debt binge at the very moment that the floor may drop out of our finances. We are not risking a credit downgrade, we are virtually inviting it.

Bailing out the Turnpike with no accompanying reforms, no transparency, and no comprehensive plan to address its underlying problems will be remembered for years as the other bookend to the Big Dig fiasco.

Full Publication (PDF) [5]
June 2008
MTF Urges Legislature to Scale Back Governor’s $3 Billion Bridge Program [6]
In testimony before the Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets on June 4, MTF President Michael J. Widmer called on the Legislature to cap the Governor's bridge program at $1 billion. Mr.
Full Publication (PDF) [7]
May 2008
MTF Offers Recommendations to Curtail the Use of Police Details at Construction Sites [8]

Full Publication (PDF) [9]
October 2007
An Analysis of Property Tax Credits and Transportation Funding Under the Governor's Casino Proposal [10]
On October 25 the Foundation released a report analyzing the revenue projections included in the administration's plan to license three casinos in Massachusetts. The detailed analysis raises a variety of questions about the revenues and benefits from the three casinos, including an assessment of the impact on property taxes and transportation needs.
Full Publication (PDF) [11]
September 17 2007
Transportation Finance in Massachusetts: Volume 2 Building a Sustainable Transportation Financing System [12]
Full Publication (PDF) [13]
March 28 2007
Transportation Finance in Massachusetts: An Unsustainable System [14]
Full Publication (PDF) [15]
June 2004
MTF Calls on Legislature to Enact Transportation Restructuring [16]
In a recent news release, the Foundation called on the Legislature to enact a major overhaul of the state's transportation agencies.
Full Publication (PDF) [17]
May 2004
The Road to Reform: Restructuring the Commonwealth’s Transportation Agencies [18]
In this major report, MTF calls on the Governor and the Legislature to reform the state's transportation agencies to produce more comprehensive and integrated priority setting, to enhance the state's capacity to finance transportation investments, and to strengthen the Commonwealth's ability to operate and maintain its transportation assets.
Download Press Release [19]
Full Publication (PDF) [20]
November 2003
MBTA: Increasing Fiscal Strains Threatening Success of Forward Funding [21]
Three years after its enactment, the success of forward funding of the MBTA -- one of the most important fiscal reforms of the last decade -- is increasingly uncertain.
Full Publication (PDF) [22]

Links:
[1] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/transportation
[2] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20080727/the_billiondollar_bailout_mass_cant_afford
[3] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/Widmer_op-ed_july_2008.pdf
[4] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/public_finance/budget/fy_2009/20080721/mtf_warning_rush_23_billion_turnpike_bailout_pos
[5] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTF Warning on Turnpike Bailout.pdf
[6] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20080601/mtf_urges_legislature_scale_back_governor%E2%80%99s_3_billion_bridge_pr
[7] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTFBridgetTestimony.pdf
[8] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20080501/mtf_offers_recommendations_curtail_use_police_details_construct
[9] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTFPoliceDetailTestimony.pdf
[10] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/public_finance/taxes/20071001/an_analysis_property_tax_credits_and_transportation_fundi
[11] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTF Casino Report.pdf
[12] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20070917/transportation_finance_massachusetts_volume_2_building_sustaina
[13] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MassTFC2.pdf
[14] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20070328/transportation_finance_massachusetts_unsustainable_system
[15] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/07_TFCreport.pdf
[16] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20040601/mtf_calls_legislature_enact_transportation_restructuring
[17] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTF Transportation Restructuring Release.pdf
[18] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20040501/the_road_reform_restructuring_commonwealth%E2%80%99s_transportation_age
[19] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTF The Road to Reform News Release.pdf
[20] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTF The Road to Reform.pdf
[21] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/transportation/20031101/mbta_increasing_fiscal_strains_threatening_success_forward_fund
[22] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/sites/masstaxpayers.org/files/MTF MBTA Funding Bulletin.pdf
[23] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/13
[24] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/13?page=2
[25] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/13?page=1
[26] https://www.masstaxpayers.org/publications/13?page=4