WRTA is committed to going The Extra Mile for our riders through an initiative designed to help them better connect with the places they need to go. Projects completed as part of The Extra Mile will help to improve bus service and bus stops, and will help WRTA provide service that is more responsive to passengers’ needs.
Connecting Communities: A Comprehensive Transportation Vision for Shrewsbury, Westborough and Northborough
Connecting Communities is a project to develop a comprehensive public transportation vision for the communities of Shrewsbury, Westborough, and Northborough. This project will help each community prioritize their goals for public transportation and will develop a service plan that meets those goals while maintaining financial sustainability into the future.
Public engagement and outreach is a key component to this project. The engagement and outreach process allows project staff to use public input for understanding both the existing transportation system and developing future recommendations for improvements. The engagement and outreach process also allows project staff to communicate potential service changes and explore trade-off scenarios to the public.
Throughout this project, there were a series of eight stakeholder meetings focused on gathering feedback;
- Shrewsbury Community Workshop
- Westborough Community Workshop
- Northborough Community Workshop
- ‘Regional’ meeting of all three community Disability Commissions/advocates
- ‘Regional’ meeting of all three community COAs/Senior Centers
- ‘Regional’ meeting of all three community Economic/Business Development groups
- ‘Regional’ meeting of all three community Planning and Public Health staff
- MBTA users virtual meeting
Please check this website in the coming weeks for the development of draft and final recommendations for potential service changes in each of the communities. The recommendations will be developed by the project team based on technical analysis, public engagement and outreach, and reviewed by the WRTA and each of the three project communities.
Recordings of Virtual Public Meetings
VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING
This meeting was held on Thursday, December 5, 2024 @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM and focused on the needs of users of the MBTA. Attendees were asked to help identify what works well, what could be improved, what might be missing. A link to the recording is below:
Feedback
Do you have feedback you’d like to provide regarding what you learned from the Virtual Public Meeting held on December 5, 2024? We would love to hear from you! We will be accepting feedback through December 13, 2024. Please fill out the form below:
MBTA USERS VIRTUAL MEETING
This meeting was held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM and focused on the needs of users of the MBTA. Attendees were asked to help identify what works well, what could be improved, what might be missing. A link to the recording is provided below:
Meeting Documents
A interactive map to the service area can be found here.