James Aloisi
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James Aloisi is a Boston-based writer, commentator and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy, and law.
Aloisi is the founding partner of the Pemberton Square Group, a consulting firm providing clients with advice in areas such as real estate, transportation, and communications.[1] He served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from 2008-09[2] and was member of the Board of the Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.[3] Aloisi is a former partner at Hill & Barlow and Goulston & Storrs.
Aloisi is a regular contributor to Massachusetts's Commonwealth Magazine, a magazine is published by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, "an independent think tank uniting non-partisan research, civic journalism and independent polling"[4] typically identified as MassINC. He is the author of three well-regarded books on significant political and social figures and moments in the history of Massachusetts and the United States of America.
Books
- The Big Dig (2004) was a brief history of Boston's Big Dig, the largest public works project in American history.[5]
- Magic in the Air: The Times & Life of Boston's Honey Fitz (2007) recounts the ascendancy of John Francis Fitzgerald, grandfather of John F Kennedy. Fitzgerald's political career played out during a critical crossroads in Boston politics.[6]
- The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin (2011) documents the turbulence and discord that marked a struggle between reformers and the established political leadership, and a larger struggle between two generations of political leaders.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.pscgroup.org/who-we-are.html
- ^ http://www.masstaxpayers.org/in_the_news/transportation/20081220/aloisi_named_secretary_transportation
- ^ http://www.pscgroup.org/who-we-are.html
- ^ http://massinc.org/about-us/
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Big-Dig-Remembers-Robert-Allison/dp/1889833827/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453075019&sr=1-1
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Air-Times-Bostons-Honey/dp/097882590X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453075019&sr=1-2
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Vidal-Lecture-Politics-Massachusetts-Persecution/dp/0978825918/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453075019&sr=1-3