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Jim Aloisi
Aloisi in May 2018
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
In office
January 2009 – October 2009
Preceded byBernard Cohen
Succeeded byJeff Mullan
Personal details
ResidenceBoston, Massachusetts
Alma materBoston College Law School (JD)
Harvard Extension School (ALM)[1]
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • Politician
  • Author

James A. "Jim" Aloisi Jr. is a Boston-based writer, lawyer and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy. Aloisi is secretary of Boston-based transit policy advocacy group TransitMatters and a lecturer at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning.[2][3]

Aloisi was an assistant Massachusetts attorney general from 1978 to 1983.[4][5] He was chief of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue legal bureau from 1983 to 1987, then an assistant state transportation secretary from 1987 to 1989.[6][7][8] Aloisi was general counsel of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority from 1989 to 1996.[9][10] He was a partner at Hill & Barlow from 1996 to 2002, then moved to Goulston & Storrs in January 2003 when the former firm dissolved.[11] He was on the Emerson College board from 2007 to 2009.[12]

Aloisi was appointed to the Massachusetts Port Authority board by governor Deval Patrick in February 2008.[13] He served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation under Patrick from January to October 2009.[14][1] In 2014, Aloisi formed the consulting firm Pemberton Square Group with Peter Meade.[15] After Meade retired, Aloisi formed Trimount Consulting.[16]

Writing

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Aloisi is the author of four books:[3]

  • The Big Dig (2004), a history of the Big Dig project[17]
  • Magic in the Air: The Times & Life of Boston's Honey Fitz (2007), a biography of John Francis Fitzgerald[18]
  • The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin (2011), about a 1970s political scandal.[19]
  • Massport at 60 (2018), a history of the Massachusetts Port Authority[20]

Aloisi is a regular contributor to Commonwealth Magazine.[21][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Governor Patrick Appoints James Aloisi as Secretary of Transportation" (Press release). Office of the Governor. December 19, 2008.
  2. ^ "Jim Aloisi". TransitMatters. January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Jim Aloisi | Lecturer of Transportation Policy and Planning". MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Harvey, Joseph M. (July 11, 1979). "Reappraisal order set for towns". The Boston Globe. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Those ⬤ — $ ? plates are fought in court". The Boston Globe. April 13, 1983. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.H. retailer's stock held for Mass. taxes". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1983. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Kennedy, John H. (February 4, 1986). "Houghton Mifflin Co. wins refund of $52,719 on Mass. sales taxes". The Boston Globe. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Marantz, Steven (December 2, 1988). "Sumner Tunnel toll hike called 'inevitable'". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Short Circuits". The Boston Globe. February 26, 1989. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Kindleberger, Richard (March 13, 1999). "Lawyer discusses resigning with Joyce". The Boston Globe. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Nelson, Scott Bernard (January 17, 2003). "Firms tap 4 Hill & Barlow lawyers". The Boston Globe. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Former Emerson trustee resigns from board to become Patrick's transportation secretary, chair of MBTA". The Berkeley Beacon. January 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  13. ^ Estes, Andrea (February 12, 2008). "Patrick appoints Aloisi to Massport". The Boston Globe. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Brown, Steve (September 11, 2009). "Mass. Transportation Secretary Aloisi Resigning". WBUR.
  15. ^ Miller, Joshua (June 6, 2014). "Boutique advising firm forms". The Boston Globe. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Rail Vision FMCB and MassDOT Board Meeting". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. October 15, 2018. p. 3.
  17. ^ Aloisi, James A.; Allison, Robert J. (2004). The Big Dig. Commonwealth Editions. ISBN 1889833827.
  18. ^ James A. Aloisi, Jr (March 2007). Magic in the Air: The Times and Life of Boston's Honey Fitz. Ashburton Hill Publishers. ISBN 978-0978825904.
  19. ^ Aloisi, James A. (2012). The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin. Ashburton Hill. ISBN 978-0978825911.
  20. ^ Loth, Renée (April 10, 2018). "Book review: Massport at 60". CommonWealth Beacon.
  21. ^ "James Aloisi". CommonWealth Beacon. Retrieved January 14, 2023.


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