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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1044 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2442 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Michael F. Rush |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolve: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resolve directing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of |
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| 14 | 14 | | extending the orange line. |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 17 | 17 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael F. RushNorfolk and Suffolk 1 of 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1044 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2442 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 2442) of Michael F. Rush that |
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| 21 | 21 | | provisions be made to direct the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to study the |
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| 22 | 22 | | feasibility of extending the orange line. Transportation. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | Resolve directing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of |
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| 29 | 29 | | extending the orange line. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Resolved, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall conduct a feasibility |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2study relative to extending rapid transit service from the current terminus of the Massachusetts |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3Bay Transit Authority’s Orange Line at Oak Grove in the City of Malden to the Massachusetts |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4Bay Transit Authority Rail station through Roslindale Village, in the Roslindale section of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5city of Boston. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 The study shall examine and evaluate the costs and economic opportunities related to |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7extending Orange Line service or otherwise expanding rapid transit service from the City of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8Malden to the City of Boston, including but not limited to: (i) the projected capital costs; (ii) the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9projected operating costs and revenue estimates; (iii) the projected ridership levels; (iv) the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10prospect of operating on existing rights of way and other operational issues; (v) the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11environmental and community impact estimates; (vi) the availability of federal, state, local and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12private sector funding sources; (vii) regional equity in rapid transit investments in the 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13commonwealth, and (viii) the potential economic, social and cultural benefits to the Boston |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14Neighborhoods and the commonwealth as a whole. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 The department shall file the report with the clerks of the house and senate, the chairs of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16the house and senate committee on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17committee on transportation not later than 120 days after passage of this act. |
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