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Matthew M. Robare

Matthew M. Robare

Turning waste heat into light

Rice University researchers announced recently that they invented a way to turn infrared light into visible light to make photovoltaic…

Sep 19, 2019

Sep 19, 2019

Matthew M. Robare

Space-based solar power is the way forward

“Predictions are difficult to make” the great physicist Neils Bohr supposedly said. “Especially about the future.”

Jul 16, 2019

Jul 16, 2019

Matthew M. Robare

Red Blue Connector added to Focus 40 priorities

Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack announced today at the Fiscal Management and Control Board meeting that the…

Feb 5, 2019

Red Blue Connector added to Focus 40 priorities

Feb 5, 2019

Matthew M. Robare

MBTA wants riders to pay more; no plans to raise gas tax or tolls

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Monday proposed an average fare increase of 6.3 percent to take effect this July, when…

Jan 29, 2019

MBTA wants riders to pay more; no plans to raise gas tax or tolls

Jan 29, 2019

Matthew M. Robare

Seven Moments in the History of Transit and Civil Rights

Yesterday wasMartin Luther King, Jr Day and so it seemed appropriate to consider the importance that public transit has played in the…

Jan 22, 2019

Seven Moments in the History of Transit and Civil Rights

Jan 22, 2019

Matthew M. Robare

Regarding the urban working class and gentrification

The whole trouble with your understanding of the problem presented in The New York Times’ article “What if cities are no longer the Land…

Jan 12, 2019

Jan 12, 2019

Matthew M. Robare

What’s next for the MBTA?

“Our [strategic vision] is to be a globally premier transit system,” said Joseph Aiello, the chairman of the Financial Management and…

Dec 7, 2018

What’s next for the MBTA?

Dec 7, 2018

Matthew M. Robare

Midterms were a mixed bag for urbanists

It’s been almost one week since the 2018 midterms and most of the races have been sorted out (FLORIDAAAAA!).

Nov 28, 2018

Nov 28, 2018

Matthew M. Robare

What I learned at YIMBYTown

The YIMBYTown 2018 conference was this past weekend and it was an enjoyable, thought-provoking four days with many people I’ve long…

Sep 26, 2018

Sep 26, 2018

Matthew M. Robare

Could trinity houses help Boston’s housing crisis?

This story was originally published on Patreon. Your support makes this possible.

Sep 24, 2018

Could trinity houses help Boston’s housing crisis?

Sep 24, 2018

Matthew M. Robare

Matthew M. Robare

Boston-based journalist specializing in urban issues. Bylines @AmConMag, @Reason, @ubookman @modagejournal patreon.com/mattrobare

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