The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston,Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines,two light rail lines,and a five-line bus rapid transit system;MBTA bus local and express service;the twelve-line MBTA Commuter Rail system,and several ferry routes. In 2022,the system had a ridership of 216,329,500,or about 778,600 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023,of which the rapid transit lines averaged 283,900 and the light rail lines 101,300,making it the fourth-busiest rapid transit system and the third-busiest light rail system in the United States. As of the third quarter of 2023,average weekday ridership of the commuter rail system was 92,400,making it the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the U.S.
Mattapoisett is a town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts. The population was 6,508 at the 2020 census. Mattapoisett Center is located in the town.
Rochester is a town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 5,717 at the 2020 census.
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 26th Middlesex District,which comprises East Cambridge and East Somerville,and a member of the Cambridge City Council. He served as a state representative from 1993 to 2016 and has served as a city councillor since 1990. Toomey has also served as a member of the Cambridge School Committee and vice mayor of Cambridge. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has run as a Democrat for the office of state representative;Cambridge City Council elections are,however,non-partisan.
John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992,which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.
Michael F. Rush is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the Suffolk and Norfolk district. This includes Boston,ward 18,precincts 7 to 20,inclusive,22 and 23,ward 19,precincts 10 to 13,inclusive,and ward 20,in the county of Suffolk;and Dedham,Norwood and Westwood,in the county of Norfolk.
South Coast Rail is a project to build a new southern line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system along several abandoned and freight-only rail lines. The line has been planned to restore passenger rail service between Boston and the cities of Taunton,Fall River,and New Bedford,via the towns of Berkley,and Freetown,on the south coast of Massachusetts. It would restore passenger service to some of the southern lines of the former Old Colony Railroad and the New York,New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Aaron Michlewitz is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 3rd Suffolk District,within the city of Boston,Massachusetts. The 3rd Suffolk District encompasses the North End,Waterfront,Chinatown,South End,Financial District,Bay Village,Leather District,and parts of Beacon Hill,and Back Bay neighborhoods.
Cam Ward is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing District 14 from 2010 to 2020. He previously represented District 49 of the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.
Mark James Cusack is an American politician who represents the 5th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party,Cusack's district encompasses all precincts in the town of Braintree and Precinct 1 and 2 in the town of Holbrook.
Michael O. Moore is an American politician from Millbury,Massachusetts,who serves as the Massachusetts state senator for the Second Worcester District,comprising his hometown of Millbury and seven other communities including parts of the city of Worcester. He is member of the Democratic Party who has served in the Massachusetts Legislature since January 7,2009.
John F. Keenan is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Antonio F. D. "Tony" Cabral is the current member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Bristol district. He is of Portuguese descent.
James Michael "Jim" Cantwell is an American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. A Democrat,Cantwell is the State Director for United States Senator Ed Markey. Cantwell previously served as the Massachusetts State Representative for the 4th Plymouth district from 2008 to 2018. The district encompassed Marshfield and precincts 1,2,4,5,&6 of Scituate.
Geraldine Creedon is a former representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th Plymouth district,consisting of precincts 1,2,4 and 5,of the town of Easton,in the county of Bristol;and precincts A and C of ward 1,precinct A of ward 2,and all precincts of ward 7,of the city of Brockton,in the county of Plymouth. Creedon held this position from 1995 until 2013.
Keiko Matsudo Orrall is an American Republican politician,formerly a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 12th Bristol district,which includes Berkley,Ward 3 –Precinct B and Ward 4 in Taunton,Lakeville,and Precincts 2,4 and 5 of Middleborough. On February 13,2018,she announced that she would not seek reelection and instead run for Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In doing so,she became the first Asian-American woman to seek constitutional office in Massachusetts.
Kenneth I. Gordon is an American attorney and state legislator representing the 21st Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The district includes Burlington,Bedford,and Wilmington's Precinct 3. He is a Bedford resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
Mindy Domb currently serves in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Since 2019 she has represented the 3rd Hampshire district . Immediately prior to being elected in 2019,she was the executive director of the Amherst Survival Center. where she oversaw the basic needs organization's roster of services,including a food pantry,fresh food distribution,food recovery program,community meals program,free health clinic,free community store,laundry facilities,showers and community space.
Norman Orrall is a State Representative currently serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing Berkley,East Taunton,Lakeville,and Middleborough as the 12th Bristol District. He has been serving since 2018 and is a member of the Republican Party. Orrall serves on the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight,the House Committee on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets,the Joint Committee on Environment,Natural Resources and Agriculture,and the Joint Committee on Transportation. He is a 1990 graduate of the University of Massachusetts,and worked as a civil engineer and Lakeville Town Moderator prior to his election in 2018. He and his wife,Keiko,have two children.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County. Democrat Bill Straus of Mattapoisett has represented the district since 1993.
