James Aloisi is a

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

-based writer, commentator and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy, and law. Aloisi is the founding partner of th
Pemberton Square Group
a consulting firm providing clients with advice in areas such as real estate, transportation, and communications. He served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from 2008-09, was member of the Board of the Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, and served on the City Protocol Society’s Technical Steering Committee. Aloisi is a former partner at Hill & Barlow and Goulston & Storrs. Aloisi is a regular contributor to ''Commonwealth Magazine'', published by MassINC, "an independent think tank uniting non-partisan research, civic journalism and independent polling". 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. Aloisi is also a member on the board of Boston-based transit policy advocacy group TransitMatters.

Books

*''The Big Dig'' (2004) was a brief history of Boston's

Big Dig The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T Project), commonly known as the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery of Interstate 93 (I-93), the chief highway through the heart of the city, into the 1.5-mile (2.4&n ...

, the largest public works project in American history. *''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. *''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. *"Massport at 60" (2018) commemorates the 60th anniversary of the

Massachusetts Port Authority Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is an American port authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports—Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport—and public terminals i ...

and documents its history across local and state politics.

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