Jarred Johnson

Jarred Johnson is the Chief Operating Officer of TransitMatters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving transit in greater Boston.

Recent Posts

Batteries can't fix this: a midday traffic jam on I-93 in downtown Boston.

Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us

By Jarred Johnson | Apr 23, 2021 | No Comments

To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims to accomplish this not with improvements to transit and safer streets, but with widespread subsidies for new electric vehicles. Massachusetts is home to many of the world’s […]

An illustration of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's "15-Minute Neighborhood" concept. Courtesy of Paris en Commun.

Guest Column: Rush Hour Is Over – So What Comes Next?

By Jarred Johnson | May 26, 2020 | No Comments

If we keep equity, sustainability, public health, and livability as our guiding principles, we can build a better world, even if it looks a little different than our vision from a few months ago.