Massachusetts Department of Transportation
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| State level | Massachusetts State Department | ||
| Consist | since November 1, 2009 | ||
| Authority management | Richard A. Davey (Secretary of Transportation) |
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| Employee | circa 1850 | ||
| Website | massdot.state.ma.us | ||
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation ( MassDOT for short ), founded on November 1, 2009, is an agency of the state of Massachusetts in the United States . She is responsible for road maintenance, public transportation , aviation, and vehicle registration and registration throughout the state.
organization
The Massachusetts governor appoints the Secretary of Transportation , whose position is established as a staff position and who is also the agency's chief executive officer . The governor also appoints seven members to the board of directors who must approve key decisions. The agency's organizational chart shows other items.
Department of Highways
The Highway Division was formed from the earlier independent authorities Massachusetts Highway Department and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority . She is responsible for all interstate highways and state routes that are in the state's territory, particularly the Massachusetts Turnpike . There are few exceptions in locations where portions of State Routes are owned and administered by adjacent communities.
The department is also responsible for collecting the fees for all toll bridges and tunnels. These include the Sumner and Ted Williams tunnels and, since January 1, 2010, the Tobin Bridge . The MassDOT also already manages most of the road bridges in the Parks of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR); the rest should also be transferred to the MassDOT by the end of 2014. Parts of Massachusetts Route 28 in Cambridge and Somerville , parts of Lynnway in Lynn , Middlesex Avenue in Medford , sections of Massachusetts Route 203 in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, and Columbia Road in South Boston have already been transferred from the DCR to the MassDOT .
Motor vehicle registration department
The Registry of Motor Vehicles Division is the equivalent of the highway code in most other US states. It is mainly responsible for the registration of vehicles and for the issuing of driving licenses.
Public transport department
In Massachusetts, all local public transportation (PT) organizations are independent. However, the Board of Directors of MassDOT is identical to that of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the largest provider of public transport connections in the Greater Boston metropolitan area .
In addition to the MBTA, there are another 15 public transport companies that are grouped under the term Regional Transit Agencies (RTAs). These mostly operate bus routes in the rest of the state.
The MassDOT is the responsible supervisory and planning authority and is responsible for both road and regional rail passenger transport. Long- distance passenger rail trains are operated by the state-owned Amtrak , while rail freight traffic is handled by private companies.
Aviation Department
The Aeronautics Division (formerly the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission ) is primarily responsible for government funding for the airports . She also inspects and licenses airports and landing platforms, is responsible for airport security and flight safety as a whole, and is responsible for flight planning throughout the state. The MassDOT does not own any airports, instead the state-owned airports are controlled by the independent Massachusetts Port Authority , which shares its offices with the Aeronautics Division .
The Federal Aviation Administration is responsible for nationwide flight regulation in the United States . Control of passengers and baggage is the responsibility of the Transportation Security Administration , while airport security is the responsibility of local authorities.
Further subdivisions
The Office of Civil Rights develops guidelines and programs with reference to civil rights in the context of public transport and thus ensures that the MassDOT moves within the framework of the relevant requirements of the US federal government.
The Office for Transportation Planning uses, among other things, statistical analyzes to forecast the load on roads and railways and to be able to react accordingly. In addition, the department carries out various projects to improve transportation.
The Office of Real Estate & Asset Development is essentially responsible for generating income from state-owned land and buildings. For this purpose, among other things, leasing and license agreements are concluded with private companies.
Other state transportation agencies in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Port Authority
The Massachusetts Port Authority ( Massport for short ) is an independent authority, but the Secretary of Transportation belongs to the Board of Directors of Massport . The authority owns and operates the Port of Boston seaport as well as Logan International Airport , Hanscom Field and, since 2010, Worcester Regional Airport .
Steamship Authority
The The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (short Steamship Authority ) regulates the ferry traffic to and from the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket . The Authority also operates about his own passenger, car and freight ferries, while a de facto - monopoly has in the field of car ferries. The passenger routes, on the other hand, are predominantly in private hands.
history
In 2009, then- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick passed Chapter 25 of the 2009 Acts . With this law, extensive measures to reform the local public transport system in Massachusetts were put into effect, including the amalgamation of all previous authorities of the transport sector in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation , which was to be newly established on November 1, 2009 .
As part of the measures adopted were Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Massachusetts Highway Department in the new Highway Division integrates the MassDOT and responsibility for the Tobin Bridge from Massport and ownership of the bridges from the Department of Conservation and Recreation transmitted. In addition, the planning and supervisory functions of the Executive Office of Transportation as well as the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission and the Registry of Motor Vehicles were taken over into the MassDOT . The Board of Directors of the MBTA was with that of the MassDOT merged, and finally the was Advisory Board of the MBTA, the budget veto withdrawn.
State funding
Massachusetts public transportation is financed by:
- Multi-year basic funding via a “transportation bill”, which provides , among other things, money from government revenues through taxes on fuel
- One-time funding of 84 projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- One-time funding of the Accelerated Bridge Program for the years 2009 to 2016
- Funds specially made available for the MBTA , which consist of shares in the state sales tax as well as income from ticket sales and parking fees
- Income from the Regional Transit Authorities
- Income from tolls for the Massachusetts Turnpike , bridges and tunnels
- Income from parking and other fees in the vicinity of the airport are fed to the mass port.
- Motor vehicle registration fees
For 2012, expenditures of 1.14 billion US dollars were planned for local public transport.
The Accelerated Bridge Program
As part of the then Governor Deval Patrick set in August 2008 into force 3 billion US dollars comprehensive Accelerated Bridge Program about 200 bridges throughout the state are replaced by new buildings and between 300 and 500 other bridges repaired. The program was launched a year after a bridge on I-35 collapsed after the incident brought the state's bridges into focus and more than 500 bridges were classified as dilapidated or structurally damaged.
The following measures will be carried out with the funds from the program:
| place | measure | Costs [million USD] |
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| Huntington's | Rehabilitation of the Route 112 bridge over the CSX bridge | 18.6 |
| Boston | Rehabilitation of the Storrow Drive tunnel | 11 |
| Phase 1 of the renovation of the Longfellow Bridge | 18th | |
| Boston and Cambridge | New construction of the Craigie Drawbridge and Craigie Dam Bridge | 40 |
| Lowell | Construction of six new bridges on the I-495 | 34 |
| Fall River | Painting of the Braga Bridge | 14.8 |
| Westminster | Construction of the bridges for Route 2 over Route 140 | 11 |
| Chicopee and Springfield | Repair of Interstate 91 bridges | 17th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About Us. Massachusetts Department of Transportation, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ↑ Executive Org Chart. ( PDF ; 68 kB) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, June 25, 2012, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2009. Massachusetts General Court , accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ↑ Christina Pazzanese: A big concern on two major parkways. In: The Boston Globe . September 12, 2009, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ^ Regional Transit Authority Contact Information. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original July 8, 2013 ; accessed on December 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Regional Transit Authorities Coordination and Efficiencies Report. ( PDF ; 58 kB) (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original on May 27, 2008 ; accessed on December 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Office of Civil Rights. Massachusetts Department of Transportation, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ^ Office of Transportation Planning. Massachusetts Department of Transportation, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ↑ Office of Real Estate & Asset Development. Massachusetts Department of Transportation, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ^ Massport Board and Executive Staff. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Port Authority, archived from the original January 20, 2013 ; accessed on December 30, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Steamship Authority Homepage. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 30, 2012 ; accessed on December 30, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Governor's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. ( PDF ; 372 kB) February 3, 2011, accessed on December 31, 2012 (English).
- ^ Accelerated Bridge Program. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original October 15, 2012 ; accessed on January 1, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
