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Transportation Spending
Since 2022, the Fair Share Amendment has funded $1.015 billion in new spending on transportation across Massachusetts. That includes everything from the MBTA and regional transit authorities to our roads and bridges.
Here’s how Fair Share is making a difference for transportation:
Transportation Infrastructure
Capital transportation infrastructure investments
$275 million
Fair Share funding helps support capital transportation infrastructure investments at MassDOT, the MBTA, regional transit authorities, and local municipalities. This includes everything from new bridges and transit expansions to highway repairs and local road repaving projects. Fair Share is supporting some of the biggest transportation infrastructure projects in the state, like the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges and the South Coast Rail extension, as well as smaller infrastructure investments across the state, from new rail ties on the Red Line to the repaving of rural roads.
Roads and Bridges
Municipal roads and bridges
$145 million
All 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts now have more money to repave streets, install new traffic signals, build sidewalks, and otherwise maintain and improve their local roads and bridges.
50% increase
Repair of state bridges
$50 million
Fair Share funding is helping to repair some of the state’s many aging and structurally deficient bridges. Repairing these bridges will help keep traffic flowing, make drivers safer, and ensure that residents and businesses aren’t disrupted by sudden bridge closures.
Public Transportation
MBTA infrastructure and operations
$331.8 million
Fair Share is helping to transform the MBTA into the safe, modern, efficient public transportation network that Eastern Massachusetts deserves. Fair Share funding is supporting the MBTA’s urgent infrastructure needs, from track and signal improvements on the subway and commuter rail, to bridge repairs, station improvements, and accessibility upgrades. It’s supporting workforce and safety improvements, including an MBTA Academy program to train a skilled workforce. And Fair Share is funding a low-income reduced MBTA fare program so that everyone can afford to ride the T. As a result, the T has eliminated subway slow zones, trains are moving faster, and more bus drivers are being hired to expand service.
Improvements at regional transit authorities
$200 million
Thanks to Fair Share funding, the state’s regional transit authorities are expanding their service hours, adding weekend service, and creating new bus routes. Most regional transit authorities are now also offering fare-free bus service, funded by Fair Share. As a result, more people are riding the bus, and they're getting places faster than ever. A report about the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority’s fare-free program, funded by Fair Share, found that the operational and social benefits of running fare-free buses are considerably greater than the value of the fare revenue that the agency used to collect from its riders.
Ferry service
$13.2 million
Fair Share funding is supporting ferry service across Massachusetts’ coast.
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