The TransitMatters NextGen Bus team’s new bus advocacy poster!
BOSTON, MA, August 8, 2023 – While all aspects of the MBTA are in disrepair, the bus network is often ignored. With continually cut service in tandem with poor operational standards and underinvestment into the infrastructure that supports the functionality of buses, riders have not been prioritized. TransitMatters aims to change this.
Through JCDecaux’s Non-Profit Program, TransitMatters is proud to announce the installation of our poster series “Modernize our Bus System; Let’s Prioritize Bus Riders” at 18 bus stops across Boston.
“The poster is interactive, you can scan [the QR code], and it will bring up the poster in different languages,” said TransitMatters Executive Director Jarred Johnson at the poster launch event in Copley Square. “It will also connect you to the MBTA’s website so that you can give a public comment and not only show your support for bus priority but show your support for improving operational practices so that we don’t have things like bus bunching and so that we have just better operations overall.”
The QR code at the bottom left of the poster brings riders this landing page featuring two auto-email forms: one to tell the T to include better bus operational practices in their plans to improve the bus network and the other to tell the T to continue investing in bus-priority infrastructure. The TransitMatters NextGen Bus team hopes the linked resources will encourage bus riders to take action to ensure that the T prioritizes them in current and future bus planning projects.
The landing page also highlights the roadblocks for better bus trips, explains how to fix them, and creates a stream of action. There is information on bus priority infrastructure and operational practices, such as headway management and pulse points, and how riders can advocate for it. Together, this information can give riders a platform to advocate for themselves, their communities, and their commute.
The TransitMatters NextGen Bus team’s new bus advocacy poster at the Boylston St @ Clarendon St bus stop in Copley Square.
The poster depicts a road suffering from bus bunching and traffic in the background, transitioning to a bus speeding in its own lane in the foreground. Our poster series shows bus riders what their trips could look like if they were the center of bus advocacy.
TransitMatters encourages our friends and followers to take a photo, tag us on social media, and use the hashtag #prioritizebuses if they encounter a poster at a bus stop. We also ask you to please share both Action Alerts with your friends and family!