With Massport's expertise in the aviation business, we can make Worcester Airport the airport of choice for the nearly two million people who live there. That's good news for air travelers in Worcester. It's good news for business. It's good news for the economic development in Central Massachusetts. And it's good news for our efforts to develop an effective regional aviation system in New England.
Transportation is about more than brick, mortar and blacktop.
It's about access, opportunity, and improving the quality of life of the people who live here. Modernizing our transportation system promotes access by unlocking the gridlock on our highways. It provides new opportunities by spurring economic development along its corridors. And most of all, it improves the quality of life of our residents by taking away a constant source of irritation from their everyday lives. The success or failure of our transportation system will largely decide whether Massachusetts is able to give all our citizens access to opportunity, to good jobs, to all those things that let individuals participate meaningfully and productively in society.