Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Transportation

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Hearing on public transit, low-emissions vehicles, and other.

For in-person testimony, a sign-in sheet will be made available outside the hearing room (State House Room B-2) approximately 30 minutes before the start of the hearing. You may also email Alex Chilton at (alexander.chilton@masenate.gov) to indicate that you plan to testify in person.

For virtual testimony, you may sign up with the following form: Virtual Testimony Form. The deadline for signing up for virtual testimony is one hour before the start of the hearing (12:00 PM submission deadline.)

For written testimony, you may submit testimony via email attachment to Alex Chilton and Siobhán Morrissey at (Siobhan.Morrissey@mahouse.gov) or you may physically mail testimony to the Senate Chair:

CHAIR BRENDAN P. CRIGHTON

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

ATTN: ALEX CHILTON

24 BEACON ST

ROOM 109-C

BOSTON MA 02133

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Brendan Crighton. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email Alex Chilton. Senate Chair Crighton's office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-1350.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Transportation - 9-16-2025	9/16/2025 1:00 PM	02:08:44

Public transit, low-emissions vehicles, and other. 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3623	An Act relative to fare free buses	Christine P. Barber
H.3626	An Act relative to fares for veterans	David Biele
H.3631	An Act to build future-forward parking structures to promote EV equity and walkable downtowns	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.3632	An Act to promote commuter rail ridership	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.3637	An Act implementing free public transit	Mike Connolly
H.3638	An Act relative to fare equity	Rob Consalvo
H.3654	An Act relative to restoring commuter rail to Cape Cod	Kip A. Diggs
H.3658	An Act establishing a special commission on micro-transit	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
H.3664	An Act establishing a pilot program allowing for in-person payment of daily parking fees at certain commuter rail stations operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	William C. Galvin
H.3666	An Act relative to increased transportation options for Arlington and Lexington	Sean Garballey
H.3667	An Act commuter rail expansion	Colleen M. Garry
H.3683	An Act relative to establishing the science corridor	Kevin G. Honan
H.3688	An Act relative to electric vehicle charging stations	Steven S. Howitt
H.3700	An Act promoting price transparency for electric vehicle charging stations	Steven S. Howitt
H.3705	An Act to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the MBTA	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3707	An Act strengthening transit infrastructure security	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3723	An Act electrifying regional transit authorities	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.3726	An Act aligning the Commonwealth's transportation plans with its climate goals	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.3733	Resolve directing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of extending the orange line	William F. MacGregor
H.3744	An Act to establish free access to ride to elections in Massachusetts (FARE)	Frank A. Moran
H.3753	An Act relative to setting deadlines to electrify the commuter rail	Steven Owens
H.3813	An Act to update and standardize transit definitions in the Commonwealth	Richard G. Wells, Jr.
H.4054	An Act establishing a microtransit fund	Leigh Davis
S.561	An Act to streamline permitting for rail electrification	Brendan P. Crighton
S.2339	An Act studying the advantages and disadvantages of transitioning certain government fleets to clean energy	Michael J. Barrett
S.2358	An Act setting deadlines for school bus and public fleet electrification, and programs to encourage electrification of private fleets	Brendan P. Crighton
S.2359	An Act relative to setting deadlines to electrify the MBTA commuter rail	Brendan P. Crighton
S.2362	An Act to build future-forward parking structures to promote EV equity and walkable downtowns	John J. Cronin
S.2364	An Act to promote commuter rail ridership	John J. Cronin
S.2366	An Act establishing a special commission on micro-transit	Julian Cyr
S.2375	An Act to establish free access to rides to elections in Massachusetts (FARE)	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.2378	An Act to update and standardize transit definitions in the Commonwealth	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.2394	An Act restoring commuter rail to Cape Cod	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.2397	An Act relative to fare free buses	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.2412	An Act relative to commuter rail pedestrian safety	Joan B. Lovely
S.2425	An Act designating a certain bridge in the city of New Bedford in the memory of Silver Star recipient Corporal Francis J. McHugh	Mark C. Montigny
S.2433	An Act electrifying Regional Transit Authorities	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2440	An Act promoting fare equity	Michael F. Rush
S.2441	An Act to create no cost parking at MBTA commuter rail stations	Michael F. Rush
S.2442	Resolve directing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of extending the orange line	Michael F. Rush
S.2452	An Act relative to health and transportation	Bruce E. Tarr
S.2513	An Act extending service of The Ride to the town of Foxborough	Michael F. Rush
H.4247	An Act authorizing the select board of the town of Hull to establish a schedule of fines for parking violations	Joan Meschino
S.2351	An Act exempting certain public transit and active transportation projects from MEPA review	Cynthia Stone Creem

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