麻州 Tobin 橋改為全電子收費

International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association Applauds Tobin Memorial Bridge’s Move to All-Electronic Tolling

“Tolling once meant stop, but today, high-tech tolling means go, go, go,” said Patrick D. Jones, Executive Director and CEO of IBTTA

WASHINGTON, DC – On the heels of last week’s transition by the Tobin Memorial Bridge to cashless, or all-electronic tolling (AET), Patrick D. Jones, Executive Director and CEO of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association representing toll facility owners and operators and the businesses that serve them, released the following statement applauding the move:

“IBTTA applauds the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s transition of the Tobin Memorial Bridge to all-electronic tolling. All-electronic tolling provides efficiencies and will ease congestion for Bostonians and New England drivers. New technologies being incorporated into today’s highways, bridges and tunnels offer safe and reliable mobility across the United States.

“In the old days, you paid a toll by stopping at a tollbooth and handing your money to a person or dropping your coins in a basket. This frustrated motorists because they had to stop and wait to pay a toll.  Not anymore – it’s no longer your grandfather’s tolling. Tolling once meant stop, but today high-tech tolling means go, go, go.”

The decision by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to transition the Tobin Memorial Bridge to all-electronic tolling last week is part of a pilot for plans to transition cashless tolls statewide.  All-electronic toll collection is a trend occurring across the country.   

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Atask 獲BNY Mellon 五千元迷你獎助

BNY Mellon Awards Operating Support Grants to Boston-area Nonprofits

Eugene F. Fay Trust Mini-Grants Program to provide critical funding for organizations focused on basic needs and workforce development

BOSTON, July 28, 2014 — Through the generosity of The Eugene F. Fay Trust, BNY Mellon has awarded operating support grants to 10 Boston-area nonprofits, providing them with critical funding for capacity-building activities. The Eugene F. Fay Trust Mini-Grants Program provides organizations with $5,000 grants for technical assistance and non-programmatic support aimed at strengthening the overall organization or a particular program.

“Operating support is more important than ever to nonprofits, who are tasked with providing critical services to people in need and are expected to do so with the latest technologies,” said Joanne Jaxtimer, BNY Mellon Regional Executive. “However, state-of-the-art equipment costs money, and since so often a nonprofit’s budget is donor-driven and mission-specific, more often than not, it’s money that these groups don’t have. Through the generosity of the Eugene F. Fay Trust, we’re able to help fill that gap.”

Ellis Memorial, Boston’s first settlement house, received a Eugene F. Fay Trust grant in 2013 to upgrade its email system and migrate its website content management system. “The Eugene F. Fay Trust grant from BNY Mellon provided the way forward for us when we needed to strengthen our internal and external communication tools,” said Leo Delaney, CEO of Ellis Memorial. “Now that we have the tools we need to work more efficiently, we’re able to grow in ways and areas we hadn’t before.”

RESPOND, Inc., New England’s first domestic violence agency, received a Eugene F. Fay Trust grant in 2013 and is also one of this year’s recipients. “Our crisis hotline is often the first place survivors of domestic violence turn when looking to escape abuse, but our phone system was so outdated that it was no longer able to be serviced, which meant that we were unable to adequately support incoming calls for help,” said Jessica Brayden, executive director of RESPOND, Inc. “Because of the funding we received from BNY Mellon, we were able to upgrade to an internet-based telephone system and answer 3,500 crisis calls this year.”

“At BNY Mellon, we have always felt that it’s our mission to identify good partners and provide them with the funding they need to move forward with their work,” added Jaxtimer. “We know that they appreciate the financial support, but it’s wonderful to hear from our community partners about the positive impact these grants have had on their organizations, since it reaffirms our strategy of providing non-programmatic lifeline grants.”

The 2014 Eugene F. Fay Trust Mini-Grant awardees are:

• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence – To purchase an integrated database management system that will improve the efficiency and impact of the organization’s programs.

• Elizabeth Stone House – To purchase performance management and outcomes measurement software that will allow the organization to better track and report on its program data.

• Family Nurturing Center – To undertake a re-branding project that will allow the organization to increase awareness and name recognition among new donors.

• Family Service of Greater Boston, Inc. – To purchase 14 computers that will support the agency’s clinical operations.

• InnerCity Weightlifting – To fund retreats that will provide staff with meaningful professional and personal development opportunities.

• Pine Street Inn – To provide Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Training to its staff so they can better serve their clients who are experiencing homelessness.

• RESPOND, Inc. – To purchase new and different types of outreach materials that will help domestic violence survivors recognize abuse and seek help.

• Rosie’s Place – To purchase 10 iPads and a docking station that will help homeless women gain technology skills.

• Solutions at Work – To purchase a cloud-based centralized database that will allow the organization to better capture, report on and share program and donor data.

• Women of Means – To upgrade its information technology system to ensure a secure email system that will allow clinicians to remotely access and maintain patient records.

In selecting grantees, BNY Mellon chose programs and initiatives that fit both the Eugene F. Fay Trust’s charitable purpose and the company’s philanthropic focus on helping people in need by concentrating on basic needs and workforce development opportunities. Learn more about the company’s world-wide commitment to social responsibility at www.bnymellon.com/csr.

BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment management and investment services in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. As of June 30, 2014, BNY Mellon had $28.5 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.6 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com, or follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon.

甄子丹返波士頓為父親祝壽

新增說明文字

 甄雲龍（右三），麥寶蟬（左後三）夫婦，在甄子丹（後左二），
甄子青（前左一）等家人簇擁中切蛋糕。（周菊子攝）

香港媒體稱為“宇宙最強”，集編導製作，武打於一身的電影明星甄子丹，日前返波士頓，在牛頓市萬豪酒店為父親甄雲龍做壽，並祝賀其父和母親麥寶嬋師傅結婚五十週年。

 左起，甄子青，甄子丹兄妹，送上仿真人製作的公子給父母，
麥寶嬋，甄雲龍。（周菊子攝）

            甄子丹和妹妹甄子青一手包辦當晚所有細節，致辭，放映短片，細數其父母1975年移民到波士頓後白手起家，講究做人無愧於心的一生努力。他們兩兄妹還特地送給父母一盒仿真人製作的公仔，藉以象徵他們一家四口永遠在一起，相扶相持。甄子丹的妻子汪詩詩，一對子女，Jeff，Jasmine，分別演唱，演奏，獻禮致賀。

            甄雲龍自己當晚也感性發言，從笑談自己的英文名Klysler取其獨一無二的由來說起，侃言服務報界35年種種，強調自己今後將放更多心力做社區公益事務，藉以服務人群，推動大我精神。

甄氏家族親友，麥寶嬋師傅的嫡系子弟，有近三百人應邀到賀。

            紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦，摩頓市市長葛帝生（Gary Christenson），

  紐英崙中華公所主席阮鴻燦（中）送上麻州州長派區克的表揚狀給
甄雲龍夫婦。（周菊子攝）

波士頓市議員提多傑克遜（Tito Jackson），以及波士頓市鄰里發展局資深經理甄碧鳳等人，當晚分別代表州長，波士頓市長，摩頓市市長，以及波市議會等，頒發表揚狀給甄雲龍，甄子丹。

            其中最特別的是波士頓市議員提多傑克遜（Tito Jackson）宣佈二零一四年七月十七日是甄雲龍夫婦日。

            甄碧鳳代表波士頓市長馬丁華殊（Martin Walsh）頒發的其中一份表揚狀，是頒給甄子丹的。 原來馬丁華殊和甄子丹都是波士頓學院學生，有同校之誼。

            甄子丹還在會上給父親一份驚喜，遞上一份星島日報總部頒給的表揚信。

 左二啟，甄子青，麥寶嬋，甄雲龍，在甄子丹夫婦（右一，二）
家人簇擁中切蛋糕。（周菊子攝）