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Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures, detours, and rolling roadblocks between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM during Winter 2012.
For full project details for this period, click here.
January 9, 2012
North Shore TMA Forum: Solutions to Traffic, Congestion, Access, & Sustainability
Thank you attending in the North Shore TMA Forum: Solutions to Traffic, Congestion, Access, & Sustainability on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 in Salem, MA. Your participation contributed to making this event a success. We hope you found the Forum informative! The North Shore TMA is looking forward to hosting another transportation event in 2012 to follow-up its success in 2011.
Interested in joining the NSTMA?
November 2011
SERVICE ADVISORY:
The Salem Ferry to Boston Commuter Service
will be switching to a 3-day schedule starting September 19th.
New schedule is as follows:
Fridays: 9:00am-10:00pm
Saturdays: 9:00am-10:00pm
Sundays: 9:00am-8:00pm
Monday, Columbus Day: 9:00am-8:00pm
Monday, HALLOWEEN: 9:00am-10:00pm
Click here for the schedule & fares.
October 2011
Bay State Bike Week 2011/Mass Commuter Challenge was a Huge Success – Thank you Cyclists!
Over 30 employees registered for this year’s events – pledging to pedal 2,125 miles during Bay State Bike Week. Considering an average automobile fuel economy of 25 miles per gallon, cyclists saved approximately 85 gallons of gasoline, and more than $327.25 in fuel costs ($3.85 average cost per gallon) during Bay State Bike Week.
Click here for photos from the Kick-off Party at Harpoon Brewery
Click here for photos from Bay State Bike Week breakfast/check-in locations
Click here for fellow cyclists who participated from NSTMA member companies
Click here for Press Release
Summer 2011
The 93 Fast 14 Project
ALL 14 BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURES COMPLETE!
This historic project replaced 14 bridges in Medford in just 10 weekends between June and August, 2011. Between now and the end-of-the year MassDOT will be performing some associated work, such as barrier installation, final paving, and lane striping, that will occur during off-peak and overnight hours on I-93 Northbound and Southbound.
Click here for Live Information and Overview of the Entire Project.
Estimated I-93 Northbound & Southbound daily left lane closures between Monday thru Friday 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM continues -
weekly updates - click here.
Summer 2011
Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures, detours, and rolling roadblocks between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM during summer 2011.
For full project details for this period, click here.
August 10, 2011
Emmaus/Cycle for Shelter Ride
Sign-up for the Emmaus/Cycle for Shelter Ride on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at the discounted rate. All NSTMA participants can register for the Emmaus/Cycle for Shelter at the Early-Bird Rate.
July 2011
2011 Winter/NuRide Promotion contest winner
The NSTMA's 2011 Winter/NuRide Promotion contest winner is Julia Medina of the City of Salem, receiving a $200 AMEX Gift Card and 1,000 NuRide points were deposited into her NuRide account. Congratulations and thank you for participating. > Read more
Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures, detours, and rolling roadblocks between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM during summer 2011.
For full project details for this period, click here.
March 11, 2011
Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM from during the weeks of 2/21/2011 and 2/28/2011.
For full project details for this period, click here.
February 21, 2011
Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM from Monday, 1/24/2011 to Saturday, 2/5/2011.
For full project details for this period, click here.
January 31, 2011
Congress extends the commuter pre-tax transit benefits program at $230 per month for TMA participants who take transit and/or vanpool. Click here for more information.
January 13, 2011
NSTMA Holiday promotion winner is Susan Dubois from Middle Oak.
Prize - $150 Spafinder.com Gift Card. Click here for photo.
Holiday 2010
North Shore TMA welcomes our newest member Axcelis.
December 2010
Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM from Sunday, 12/26/2010 to Saturday, 1/8/2011.
For full project details for this period, click here.
December 31, 2010
Temporary speed limit reduction to 45 MPH through Summer 2012
Danvers - Route 128 Temporary speed limit reduction and traffic pattern changes. Click here for more information.
December 17, 2010
Planned and Current Construction Events on MassDOT Roadways
Click here for more information.
The North Shore TMA Celebrates Mr. John Cross
of OSRAM Sylvania
as the NSTMA’s $500.00
Green to Work Annual Raffle Winner.
Congratulations John! Click here for more information.
December 3, 2010
The North Shore TMA's 2010 Fall
Promotion Car-Free Day Contest winners:
Estrella Kim from Sylvania receiving a $100 REI Gift Card.
Thanks to our ETAs for promoting the Car-Free Day
Challenge so successfully – the ETA winner are:
Tori Leitz & Marci Piper from Sylvania receiving
a $25 Gift Card of their choice
How did your company do? Click here.
The North Shore TMA's 2010 Summer Promotion Contest winners are:
Jennifer Dowling from Middle Oak and Bill Woolley from City of Salem, MA. Both winners receiving an Apple Ipod Shuffle.
Show Us Your Commute! - Click here to view contest participants pixs and videos of their commutes.
Planned and Current Construction Events on MassDOT Roadways
Click here for more information.
MBTA Launches Expansion of Real-time Bus Information via Smart Phones
MBTA launches real-time apps for the subway & real-time train location and arrival information.
Click here to read more and download a MBTA app.
Work continues on the interchanges between Routes 128 (north & sound bound) and Routes 62 and 35 in Danvers
Estimated daily lane closures between Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM from Friday, 10/31 to Saturday, 11/13. For full project details for this period, click here.
October 31, 2010
The North Shore Transportation Management Association Celebrates MassCommuter Challenge/Bike to Work 2010
To promote biking as a healthy, clean, quiet, efficient means of getting to and from work,
the North Shore Transportation Management Association (TMA) in conjunction with MassCommute and participating member companies sponsored the MassCommuter Challenge/Bike to Work 2010. Click here to read more.
TMA's Facebook Challenge Promotion Winner
Congratulations to Beth Melillo from Cummings Center winner of the TMA's Facebook Challenge promotion.
Beth won a $100 gfit card to the Cummings Center restaurant of her choice!
MassCommuter Challenge
Early
Bird Registration Raffle Winner
Congrats
to Patty Dillon of Monetric/Cummings Center
for winning the Early Bird Bike to Work Raffle!
Salem Ferry - Welcome Aboard!
Ride the Popular Salem Ferry to Boston Commuter Service running from May 28th thru Oct. 31st for the 2010 season. Click here for more information.
Gloucester Times reports:
Zipcars May Arrive in Salem.
Read full article here.
If workers lived closer they’d
drive less!
High Cost of Transportation in the Suburbs:
NSTMA's own Andrea Leary explains to the Boston
Globe how transportation costs outweigh housing
savings in suburbs.
How do housing and transportation costs in your
community compare to other Massachusetts municipalities?
Click here for a link to the Urban
Land Institutes cost calculator.
Dascomb Rd - Andover/Tewksbury Park & Ride
Closing
February 8, 2010
MassDOT announces Dascomb Ride Park & Ride
lot to close on February 8, 2010. Click
here for additional information.
Google Maps Directions to alternate
Park & Ride facility.
Tue Sept 9, 2008
Check out and post to our
new bike
commuting blog about your bike commuting tales, woes,
foibles, routes, plans, triumphs, experiments, technical difficulties,
fears of getting "doored," traffic
nightmares, hopes, dreams and blissed out moments of rolling
along beside a steady stream of cars, stopped dead in traffic.
"The city of Salem’s own Bill Woolley has the North
Shore TMA flirting with first place among 10 teams, statewide,
in the Fire Up Your Foot Power campaign, sponsored by MassCommute
and the North Shore TMA."
"We’re always told that small steps help create big
changes, like recycling or bringing your own bag to the grocery
store or bicycling to work.
Sure, they’re great habits to fall into during your everyday
life. But what about when you’re looking to go that extra
inch? Consider volunteering with a local environmental organization."
"Salem is a great walking city, and residents and people who work
there have traditional transportation options: commuter rail, bus
line, Salem State shuttle, and a ferry to Boston. But its roads still
overflow with traffic, particularly at peak periods.
So it's not surprising that the city became the first municipal
partner for the North Shore Transportation Management Association,
a new group that is trying to reduce gridlock and the region's
carbon footprint through alternative commuting methods."
"Salem - More than 1,200 people flowed through the doors
of Old Town Hall last weekend for the
Salem Living Green and Renewable Energy Fair.
With more than 40 vendors and exhibitors, lectures, a film, storytelling,
Segways and one
very bright green car, there was something for everyone at the June
14 event. The fair was the
first of its kind in Salem.
Adopting a greener lifestyle can start by making small
steps — sometimes
literally."
"SALEM - As gas prices push past $3.50 per gallon, local
bicycling enthusiasts
and a new green-focused nonprofit are working to create a bike-friendly
city
where more people leave their cars at home when they’re going
to work."
