BOARD MEMBER

Rides: Red & Orange Line | 1 Bus

I come to Transit Matters from the climate change and energy policy world in Massachusetts, where my work focuses on clean transportation, specifically vehicle electrification. Here in the Bay State, we are lucky enough to have laws on the books that require economy-wide greenhouse gas reductions and to meet those requirements, I know we need a robust, reliable, and accessible transit system. I also know that a strong transit system means less air pollution that harms human health and more access to opportunity for people across the Commonwealth. I’m excited to join Transit Matters to keep pushing for all of these things.

More personally, I grew up with transit. My parents, when looking for a home in the early 90s, drew circles around MBTA bus stops on a map and only looked within the circles. As a kid, I thought all transit systems were called “the T”; as a teen, I relied on the T to get me to the wonders of the city (specifically, Anna’s Taqueria and long-gone Kotobukiya in Porter Square). Nowadays, I live in Cambridge without a car and rely on walking, biking, bus, and train to get me where I need to go. I’d love to see faster and more frequent, comfortable, reliable, and electrified transit service, both within Greater Boston and connecting the rest of the state.